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Law and authority in colonial America /

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Contributors: Billias, George Athan, 1919-2018.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Dover Publications, 1970, ©1965.
Subjects and Genres:
1600-1775
Law > United States > History.
Law.
United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States.
Law > United States > History
United States > History > Colonial period
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Law.
  • The sources and nature of law in colonial Massachusetts
  • Reception of the common law in seventeenth century Massachusetts: a case study
  • The Massachusetts vice-admiralty court
  • The advent of common law in colonial New York
  • The foundations of law in Maryland: 1634-1715
  • Authority.
  • Law and authority in colonial Virginia
  • The locus of authority in colonial Massachusetts
  • The mirror of puritan authority
  • The judiciary and public opinion in revolutionary Massachusetts
  • Law under pressure: Boston 1769-1771.

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