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Law and authority in colonial America; selected essays / edited by George Athan Billias.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Billias, George Athan, 1919-2018.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--United States--History.
- Law.
- United States.
- History.
- United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 208 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dover Publications, Inc., [1965]
- Contents:
- Law : The sources and nature of law in colonial Massachusetts / M.D.W. Howe
- Reception of the common law in seventeenth century Massachusetts / G.L. Haskins
- The Massachusetts Vice-Admiralty Court / L.K. Wroth
- The advent of common law in colonial New York / H.A. Johnson
- The foundations of law in Maryland, 1634-1715 / J.H. Smith
- Authority : Law and authority in colonial Virginia / W.E. Washburn
- The locus of authority in colonial Massachusettes / C.K. Shipton
- The mirror of Puritan authority / D.B. Rutman
- The judiciary and public opinion in revolutionary Massachusetts / J.D. Cushing
- Law under pressure / H.B. Zobel.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- OCLC:
- 145624619
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