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English
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Invoking Habeas Corpus in Missouri and Illinois
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Sustaining the Law : Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters
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Provo, UT
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BYU Studies
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357-400
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This article explores the use of habeas corpus during the early nineteenth century and specifically how Joseph Smith used it against those who sought his incarceration.
This article is an abridged version of "Habeas Corpus in Early Nineteenth-Century Mormonism: Joseph Smith's Legal Bulwark for Personal Freedom," BYU Studies Quarterly 52, no. 1 (2013): 4-97.