1878-1899: Law and Justice
1878-1899: Chapter Seven: Law and Justice
By ROBERT J. ALLISON
CONTENTS
CHRONOLOGY 224
OVERVIEW 237
TOPICS IN THE NEWS
Chinese Exclusion 239
Violence Against Chinese 241
Civil Rights Cases, 1883 242
The Dawes Act 243
Ex Parte Crow Dog 245
Garfield and Guiteau 246
Haymarket 249
Income Tax Case, 1895 251
Law on the Frontier: The Lincoln County War 252
The Dalton Gang 253
The Common Law 255
Legal Education and Professionalism 255
The Lizzie Borden Case 256
Lynching and the Law 258
Edward Coy Burned Alive 258
Southern Lynchings, 1882-1903 259
The Murder of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin 260
The Murder of Police Chief David Hennessy 261
Obscenity and the Law 263
Plessy v. Ferguson 264
Reforming the New York Police 265
Rights of Corporations 267
Justice Field Retires 268
Sherman Anti-Trust Act 269
HEADLINE MAKERS
Charles W. Chesnutt 272
John Marshall Harlan 273
William C. Howe 274
Christopher Columbus Langdell 275
Isaac Parker 276
PUBLICATIONS 278
Sidebars and tables are listed in italics.