Description

A legal history of the Mormons from 1830-1900, that includes legal actions taken against Joseph Smith and his successors, the inception of a church legal system preferred over the civil courts, and legal conflicts between the Mormons and the Gentiles.

Table of Contents

Part I: Early Mormon Legal Experience

1. Zion and the State
2. The Mormon Ecclesiastical Court System
3. Early Trials in New York and Ohio
4. Persecution in Missouri
5. The Illinois Period

Part II: A Turbulent Coexistence: Church and State Relations in Utah

6. The Early Attack on Polygamy
7. The Decisive Attack on Polygamy
8. The War against Mormon Society

Part III: The Ecclesiastical Court System in the Great Basin

9. Mormon Law, Gentile Law
10. Refinements in the Mormon Judiciary
11. Mormon Land Policy and Church Courts
12. Mormon Water Law and Dispute Resolution
13. Domestic Conflict and Church Courts
14. Contract Disputes and Church Courts
15. Tortious Conduct and Church Courts