Frontier justice

For other uses, see Frontier justice (disambiguation).

Frontier justice is extrajudicial punishment that is motivated by the nonexistence of law and order or dissatisfaction with judicial punishment.[1] The phrase can also be used to describe a prejudiced judge.[2] Lynching,[1] vigilantism and gunfighting are considered forms of frontier justice.[3]

  1. ^ a b Gonzales-Day, Ken (2006). Lynching in the West: 1850–1935. London: Duke University Press. ISBN 0822337940.
  2. ^ Bryant, Wilbur Franklin (1887). The Blood of Abel. Gazette-Journal Company. p. 100.
  3. ^ Mullins, Jesse (May 1994). "To Stand Your Ground". American Cowboy.