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Preface
Introduction
1 Joseph Smith and the Constitution
2 The Smiths and Religious Freedom: Jesse Smith's 1814 Church Tax Protest
3 Standing as a Credible Witness in 1819
4 Being Acquitted of a "Disorderly Person" Charge in 1826
5 Securing the Book of Mormon Copyright in 1829
6 Organizing the Church as a Religious Association in 1830
7 Winning against Hurlbut's Assault in 1834
8 Performing Legal Marriages in Ohio in 1835
9 Looking Legally at the Kirtland Safety Society
10 Tabulating the Impact of Litigation on the Kirtland Economy
11 Losing Land Claims and the Missouri Conflict in 1838
12 Imprisonment by Austin King's Court of Inquiry in 1838
13 Protecting Nauvoo by Illinois Charter in 1840
14 Suffering Shipwreck and Bankruptcy in 1842 and Beyond
15 Serving as Guardian under the Lawrence Estate, 1842–1844
16 Invoking Habeus Corpus in Missouri and Illinois
17 Defining Adultery under Illinois and Nauvoo Law
18 Legally Suppressing the Nauvoo Expositor in 1844
Legal Chronology of Joseph Smith
Lawyers and Judges in the Legal Cases of Joseph Smith
Glossary of Early Nineteenth-Century Legal Terms
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