"A hegemonic function of the law" : an introduction
"Peculiar province and duty" : organization, procedures and trends in the early Arkansas courts
Finding "repose" from the "nagging concern of title insecurity" : cases, controversies, and conflicts relating to land titles
"Coon skins and peltry" : cases, controversies, and conflicts relating to transportation
"Inspecting the Negro foot" : cases, controversies, and conflicts relating to slaves and slavery
"Affording peace and quiet" : cases, controversies, and conflicts relating to family law and family property
"The key to Republican economic morality" : cases, controversies, and conflicts relating to debt and contracts
"A stronghold of legal puritanism" : cases, controversies, and conflicts relating involving criminal law and procedure
"Rights of belligerents" : cases, controversies, and conflicts during the war years and in the war's aftermath, 1861-1867
"Usurpation and treachery" : cases, controversies, and conflicts in the Arkansas Supreme Court during Reconstruction, 1868-1874
"Distinguishing the righteous from the roguish" : summary and conclusions.