Sex, murder & the unwritten law : gender and judicial mayhem, Texas style / Bill Neal ; foreword by Gordon Morris Bakken.
"Six Texas trials from 1896 to 1968 illuminate how "unwritten law" permitted violence toward offenders of Southern notions of female virtue, male honor, or sanctity of marriage. Explores the maneuvers of defense lawyers who managed to extricate guilty clients when there appeared no legal basis for a...
| Uniform Title: | American liberty & justice.
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| Language: | English |
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Lubbock, Tex. :
Texas Tech University Press,
[2009], ©2009.
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| Series: | American liberty & justice.
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 280 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Variant Title: |
Sex, murder, and the unwritten law. [Spine title] |
| Format: | Book |
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