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Legal Cases and Procedures in the Book of Mormon
Title
Legal Cases and Procedures in the Book of Mormon
Publication Type
Chart
Year of Publication
1999
Authors
John W. Welch, Jasmin G. Rappleye (Primary), Welch, John W. (Primary), and Welch, Greg (Primary)
Number
9-121
Publisher
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies
City
Provo, UT
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Abstract
The main purpose of the Book of Mormon is, of course, religious; but its pages also report more than a dozen important lawsuits or legal procedures. This chart helps a person to appreciate the number and variety of legal procedures reported in the Book of Mormon. These accounts provide significant information about aspects of the Nephite legal system, such as accusations, arrests, imprisonments, executions, judges, witnesses, and rules of law. Most of these legal cases arose during the reign of the judges, when the role of the judicial system had been greatly expanded. That period in Nephite history saw great internal turmoil. Those problems teach how important it is for a free and open society to honor, obey, and sustain the law in order to survive, let alone thrive. according to its order in the scriptural passage it appears in.)Subject Keywords
Laws
Legal
Trial
Case
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