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Explores the controversy over the teaching of evolution and intelligent design in Kansas public schools, using footage from the hearings before the Board of Education and interviews with people on both sides of the issue.

Character driven story of the politics and motivations behind the school board decision to challenge the teaching of evolution in Kansas public schools.

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• The barrister : James Hughes (d. 1818)
• The reporter who was not : Achilles Sneed (1772-1825)
• The soldier : Martin D. Hardin (1780-1823)
• The jurist : George M. Bibb (1776-1859)
• The brother : Alexander K. Marshall (1770-1825)
• The poet : William Littell (1768-1824)
• The rebel : Thomas Bell Monroe (1791-1865)
• The scion : John James Marshall (1785-1846)
• The editor : James G. Dana (1785-1840)
• The professional : Ben Monroe (1790-1860)
• The banker : James P. Metcalfe (1822-1889)
• The copperhead : Alvin Duvall (1813-1891)
• The last : W.P.D. Bush (1823-1904).

Any student of American history knows of Washington, Jefferson, and the other statesmen who penned the documents that form the legal foundations of our nation, but many other great minds contributed to the development of the young republic's judicial system -- figures such as William Littell, Ben Monroe, and John J. Marshall. These men, some of Kentucky's earliest law reporters, are the forgotten trailblazers who helped establish the foundation of the state's court system. In Writing the Legal Record: Law Reporters in Nineteenth-Century Kentucky, Kurt X. Metzmeier provides portraits of the men whose important yet understudied contributions helped create a new common law inspired by English legal traditions but fully grounded in the decisions of American judges. He profiles individuals such as James Hughes, a Revolutionary War veteran who worked as a legislator to reform confusing property laws inherited from Virginia. Also featured is George M. Bibb, a prominent U.S. senator and the secretary of the treasury under President John Tyler. To shed light on the pioneering individuals responsible for collecting and publishing the early opinions of Kentucky's highest court, Metzmeier reviews nearly a century of debate over politics, institutional change, human rights, and war. Embodied in the stories of these early reporters are the rich history of the Commonwealth, the essence of its legal system, and the origins of a legal print culture in America.
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• Kentucky legislative process, history, and publications
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"Comprehensive guide to researching Kentucky law including Kentucky Constitution, statutory authority, local legislation, Kentucky legislative process and history, case law, administrative law, legal ethics, treatises and practice handbooks, and electronic resources. Includes a guide to local rules for citation of Kentucky legal materials."-- Provided by publisher.

• The barrister: James Hughes (d. 1818)
• The reporter who was not : Achilles Sneed (1772-1825)
• The soldier : Martin D. Hardin (1780-1823)
• The jurist : George M. Bibb (1776-1859)
• The brother : Alexander K. Marshall (1770-1825)
• The poet : William Littell (1768-1824)
• The rebel : Thomas Bell Monroe (1791-1865)
• The scion : John James Marshall (1785-1846)
• The editor : James G. Dana (1785-1840)
• The professional : Ben Monroe (1790-1860)
• The banker : James P. Metcalfe (1822-1889)
• The copperhead : Alvin Duvall (1813-1891)
• The last : W.P.D. Bush (1823-1904).

Any student of American history knows of Washington, Jefferson, and the other statesmen who penned the documents that form the legal foundations of our nation, but many other great minds contributed to the development of the young republic's judicial system -- figures such as William Littell, Ben Monroe, and John J. Marshall. These men, some of Kentucky's earliest law reporters, are the forgotten trailblazers who helped establish the foundation of the state's court system. In Writing the Legal Record: Law Reporters in Nineteenth-Century Kentucky, Kurt X. Metzmeier provides portraits of the men whose important yet understudied contributions helped create a new common law inspired by English legal traditions but fully grounded in the decisions of American judges. He profiles individuals such as James Hughes, a Revolutionary War veteran who worked as a legislator to reform confusing property laws inherited from Virginia. Also featured is George M. Bibb, a prominent U.S. senator and the secretary of the treasury under President John Tyler. To shed light on the pioneering individuals responsible for collecting and publishing the early opinions of Kentucky's highest court, Metzmeier reviews nearly a century of debate over politics, institutional change, human rights, and war. Embodied in the stories of these early reporters are the rich history of the Commonwealth, the essence of its legal system, and the origins of a legal print culture in America.
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• Cover; Title; Copyright; FOREWORD; Contents; INTRODUCTION;
• 1. WHAT THE RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES IS IN KENTUCKY;
• 1. What the Common Law Rule against Perpetuities Is; A. Lives in being; B. The remote possibilities test;
• 2. The Meaning of ""Vest"": Myth and Reality; A. Vest in possession; B. Indefeasibly vest in interest; C. Vest in interest with possession postponed; D. Vest in interest subject to open (or subject to partial divestment); E. Vest in interest subject to total divestment;
• 2. APPLICATION OF THE RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES TO VARIOUS INTERESTS;
• 1. Gifts to Classes.

• 2. Powers of Appointmen
• t3. Options;
• 4. Gifts to Charity;
• 5. Trusts for Employees;
• 6. Trusts for Accumulation;
• 7. Consequences of Violating the Rule; A. Preceding estates stand; invalid interest passes by intestacy; B. Preceding estates stand; invalid interest passes to the last person(s) entitled to the income; C. Infectious invalidity; preceding valid estates fall with invalid remainder; D. Reform of invalid interest by cy pres;
• 3. THE TROUBLES CAUSED BY THE STATUTE PROHIBITING SUSPENSION OF THE POWER OF ALIENATION.

• 1. The Meaning of KRS 381.220, Prohibiting Suspension of the Power of Alienation (Applicable to Transfers That Took Effect prior to July 1, 1960
• )2. Is There a Rule Limiting the Duration of Trusts?;
• 4. REFORMS OF THE 1960 PERPETUITIES ACT;
• 1. Why Reform?; A. The Rule against Perpetuities is essentially incomprehensible; B. The statutory language in KRS 381.220 prohibiting suspension of the power of alienation confused both bench and bar; C. The remote possibilities test, in about three-quarters of the cases, deprived beneficiaries of gifts which in fact would have vested in due time.

• We concluded this was unfair and unjustifiable in policyD. The consequences of violating the Rule were harsh and unsettled; E. Confusion surrounds the meaning of vest
• 2. Adoption of the Common Law Rule against Perpetuities; 3. The Wait-and-See Doctrine and Cy Pres; A. The wait-and-see doctrine; B. Reformation by cy pres; 4. Illustrations of How KRS 381.216 Applies; 5. Drafting to Avoid Perpetuities Problems; 5. ABOLITION OF POSSIBILITIES OF REVERTER AND TERMINATION OF RIGHTS OF ENTRY; 1. The Purpose of the Statute.

• 2. Good Riddance: The Determinable Fee and Possibility of Reverter Abolishe
• d3. Termination of Rights of Entry after Thirty Years;
• 4. Termination and Preservation of Possibilities of Reverter and Rights of Entry Created prior to July 1, 1960;
• 5. Exceptions to the Thirty-Year Termination Rule;
• 6. THE RULE AGAINST DIRECT RESTRAINTS ON ALIENATION;
• 1. The Rule against Restraints Distinguished from the Rule against Perpetuities and the Rule against Suspension of the Power of Alienation;
• 2. Restraints on Legal Life Estates and Remainders.

Few rules of law can so quickly strike terror into the hearts of lawyers as the Rule against Perpetuities. This rule, two centuries in development, is designed to prevent tying up property for too long a time. It can be stated in one sentence, but the great nineteenth-century master of the Rule, John Chipman Gray, required more than 400 scrupulously detailed pages to explain it. For deceptive subtleties and unexpected traps it has no equal. This book views the Rule in the microcosm of Kentucky cases. It shows that perpetuities law in action differs from perpetuities law in the books. It is more chaotic than any writer has ever suggested. While the words of doctrine remain the same, the meaning shifts from case to case. Seemingly the law is working slowly and tortuously to a new and sounder policy base. The book also is designed to provide the practicing lawyer with a simplified statement of the Rule and comprehensive analysis of Kentucky cases. Lastly, the book deals with an analysis of reform, particularly the 1960 Kentucky legislature reform act, based upon a draft by the author.
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• List of Illustrations PrefaceIntroduction: Ad Astra Per Asper
• a1. The Kingman Cour
• t2. The Chief Justice as Politicia
• n3. The Populist Interlud
• e4. The Grand Old Man's Cour
• t5. Reaction in the Roaring Twentie
• s6. The Devastating Depressio
• n7. The Revised Selection Syste
• m8. Modernizing the La
• w9. Retreat to Conservatis
• m10. ConclusionAppendix: Kansas Supreme Court JusticesNotes Glossary Index of State Cases CitedIndex of Federal Cases CitedIndex.
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Until recently, American legal historiography focused almost solely on national government. Although much of Kansas law reflects U.S. law, the state court's arbitrary powers over labor-management conflicts, yellow dog contracts, civil rights, gender issues, and domestic relations set precedents that reverberated around the country. Sunflower Justice is a pioneering work that presents the history of a state through the use of its supreme court decisions as evidence. R. Alton Lee traces Kansas's legal history through 150 years of records, shedding light on the state's political, economic, and social history in this groundbreaking overview of Kansas legal cases and judicial biographies. Beginning with the territorial justices and continuing through the late twentieth century, R. Alton Lee covers the dispossession of Native Americans' land, the growth and impact of labor unions, antimonopoly cases against railroad and mining companies, a nine-year state ban on the movie Birth of a Nation, and implications and effects of desegregation, as well as the shooting of Dr. George Tiller for performing legal abortions. Because judicial decisions are not made in a vacuum, Lee presents each of the justices in the context of the era and their personal experiences before examining how their decisions shaped Kansas political, economic, social, and legal history.
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• Kentucky women and the advocates who fought for them
• The prevalence of violence and the stories of women who lived it
• Rape and sexual violence : a nation's reform
• Domestic violence and stalking : a nation's reform
• The structure and strategy of legislative reform
• The birth of legislative reform in Kentucky : the 1970s
• Legislative reform : the 1980s
• Legislative reform : the 1990s
• Legislative reform : 2000 through 2012
• Violence against women legislative reform : past and future
• Appendix A: Interviews conducted by the author
• Appendix B: Select anti-rape and domestic violence legislation : 1970-2012
• Appendix C: Membership on task forces and councils.

For more than two centuries, Kentucky women have fought for the right to vote, own property, control their wages, and be safe at home and in the workplace. Tragically, many of these women's voices have been silenced by abuse and violence. In "Violence against Women in Kentucky: A History of U.S. and State Legislative Reform, " Carol E. Jordan chronicles the stories of those who have led the legislative fight for the last four decades to protect women from domestic violence, rape, stalking, and related crimes.The story of Kentucky's legislative reforms is a history of substantial toil, optimism, advocacy, and personal sacrifice by those who proposed the change. This compelling narrative illustrates, through their own points of view, the stories of survivors who serve as inspiration for change. Jordan analyzes national legislative reforms as well as the strategies that have been used to enact and enforce legislation addressing rape and domestic violence at a local level. "Violence against Women in Kentucky" is the first book to look at the history of domestic violence and rape in a state that consistently falls at the bottom of women's rights rankings, as told by the activists and survivors who fought for change. Detailing the successes and failures of reforms and outlining the work that is still to be done, this volume reflects on the future of women's rights legislation in Kentucky.
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• Introduction
• 1. 'Parental justice': inheritance and obligation in families
• 2. 'My black family': manumissions and freedom in inheritance disputes
• 3. The arbiters of sanity: medical experts and jurists
• 4. Physical impairments and degenerate minds: the body as evidence
• 5. A special power: women's testamentary capacity
• Epilogue.
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Yvonne Pitts explores inheritance practices by focusing on nineteenth-century testamentary capacity trials in Kentucky in which disinherited family members challenged relatives' wills. These disappointed heirs claimed that their departed relative lacked the capacity required to write a valid will. These inheritance disputes criss-crossed a variety of legal and cultural terrains, including ordinary people's understandings of what constituted insanity and justice, medical experts' attempts to infuse law with science, and the independence claims of women. Pitts uncovers the contradictions in the body of law that explicitly protected free will while simultaneously reinforcing the primacy of blood in mediating claims to inherited property. By anchoring the study in local communities and the texts of elite jurists, Pitts demonstrates that 'capacity' was a term laden with legal meaning and competing communal values about family, race relations and rationality. These concepts evolved as Kentucky transitioned from a conflicted border state with slaves to a developing free-labor, industrializing economy.
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• The research process and legal analysis
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• Series Foreword by G. Alan Tarr
• Foreword by Senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum
• The Constitutional History of Kansas
• First Efforts to Write a Constitution
• The Wyandotte Constitution
• Sources of the Wyandotte Constitution
• Last Steps on the Road to Statehood
• Adapting the Constitution
• The Political Climate of the New State
• Correcting Errors: The First Two Amendments
• Suffrage and Elections
• The Executive Branch
• The Legislative Branch
• The Judicial Branch
• Local Government
• Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
• Prohibition
• Taxation
• Corporations
• Highways and Public Works
• Welfare
• Labor
• Summary Observations
• Wholesale Revision by the Incremental Method
• Post-1974 Amendments
• The Kansas Constitution and Commentary
• Articles
• Executive
• Legislative
• Judiciary
• Elections
• Suffrage
• Education
• Public Institutions and Welfare
• Militia
• County and Township Organization
• Apportionment of the Legislature
• Finance and Taxation
• Corporations
• Banks
• Constitutional Amendment and Revision
• Miscellaneous
• Index.
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Formally, Kansas still operates under a constitution dating from 1959. However, its present day basic law differs importantly from the original text. In The Kansas State Constitution, Francis H. Heller offers an unprecedented explanation of Kansas's experience with "incremental revision." In The Kansas State Constitution, Francis H. Heller carefully traces the history and development of the Kansas state constitution. Heller includes the constitutional text in its entirety and offers accompanying descriptions of specific constitutional provisions. These descriptions provide readers with important information about the origins each provision, as well as ways in which the courts and other governmental bodies have interpreted them. A bibliographical essay describing the most important sources of the constitutional history and constitutional law of Kansas, making this an indispensable for students, scholars, and practitioners of Kansas's constitution. Previously published by Greenwood, this title has been brought back in to circulation by Oxford University Press with new verve. Re-printed with standardization of content organization in order to facilitate research across the series. This title, as with all titles in the series, is set to join the dynamic revision cycle of The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States. The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States is an important new series that reflects a renewed international interest in constitutional history and provides expert insight into each of the 50 state constitutions. Each volume in this innovative series contains a historical overview of the state's constitutional development, a section-by-section analysis of its current constitution, and a comprehensive guide to further research. Under the expert editorship of Professor G. Alan Tarr, Director of the Center on State Constitutional Studies at Rutgers University, this series provides essential reference tools for understanding state constitutional law. Books in the series can be purchased individually or as part of a complete set, giving readers unmatched access to these important political documents.
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• SERIES FOREWORD by G. Alan Tarr FOREWORD by Robert F. Stephens ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PART I. THE CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY Of KENTUCKY PART II. THE KENTUCKY CONSTITUTION AND COMMENTARY Preamble Bill of Rights Distribution of the Powers of Government The Legislative Department Counties and County Seats Impeachments The Executive Department The Judicial Department Suffrage and Elections Municipalities Revenue and Taxation Education Corporations Railroads and Commerce The Militia General Provisions Mode of Revision Schedule Ordinance BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY TABLE OF CASES INDEX.
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The Kentucky State Constitution provides an outstanding constitutional and historical account of the state's governing charter. In addition to an overview of Kentucky's constitutional history, it provides an in-depth, section-by-section analysis of the entire constitution, detailing the many significant changes that have been made since its initial drafting. This treatment, along with a table of cases, index, and bibliography provides an unsurpassed reference guide for students, scholars, and practitioners of Kentucky's constitution. Previously published by Greenwood, this title has been brought back in to circulation by Oxford University Press with new verve. Re-printed with standardization of content organization in order to facilitate research across the series. This title, as with all titles in the series, is set to join the dynamic revision cycle of The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States. The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States is an important new series that reflects a renewed international interest in constitutional history and provides expert insight into each of the 50 state constitutions. Each volume in this innovative series contains a historical overview of the state's constitutional development, a section-by-section analysis of its current constitution, and a comprehensive guide to further research. Under the expert editorship of Professor G. Alan Tarr, Director of the Center on State Constitutional Studies at Rutgers University, this series provides essential reference tools for understanding state constitutional law. Books in the series can be purchased individually or as part of a complete set, giving readers unmatched access to these important political documents.
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• Research strategies and organization.

Explores the controversy over the teaching of evolution and intelligent design in Kansas public schools, using footage from the hearings before the Board of Education and interviews with people on both sides of the issue.

Explores the human impact of a campaign to ban gay marriage in Kentucky and seeks to illustrate the long-term consequences of anti-gay amendments.

Explores the human impact of a campaign to ban gay marriage in Kentucky and seeks to illustrate the long-term consequences of anti-gay amendments.