Law in the American West

This series contains new scholarship on the history of law in the American West.  A broad range of subjects such as the history of legal doctrine, legal personalities, law enforcement, common law evolution, significant case biography, law at local, territorial, state, or national levels, multi-cultural legal systems, crime, the bench and bar, family law, and civil law are covered.  The series geographically encompasses the trans-Appalachian and trans-Mississippi Wests, including Alaska and Hawaii.  The series includes works embracing 18th and 19th century frontier America, as well as the 20th century American West.