Law and People in Colonial America
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Law and People in Colonial America
By Peter Charles HofferFor the men and women of colonial America, Peter Hoffer explains, law was a pervasive influence in everyday life. Because it was their law, the colonists continually adapted it to...
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Law and People in Colonial America
By Peter Charles HofferIn Law and People in Colonial America, Peter Charles Hoffer tells the story of early American law from its beginnings on the British mainland to its maturation during the crisis of the American Revolution.
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Law and People in Colonial America
By Peter Charles HofferThe notion of an American common law arising out of the briefs of the revolutionary lawyers is hinted at in John P. Reid, Briefs of the American Revolution (New York, 1981). The “memory exercise” of American judicial rule making is ...
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Law and People in Colonial America
By Peter Charles HofferHow did American colonists transform British law into their own? What were the colonies' first legal institutions, and who served in them? Did the special issue of gender play a...
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Law and People in Colonial America
By Peter Charles Hoffer... Massachusetts , 1690–1750 ( New York , 1984 ) ; Konig , Law and Society ; William E. Nelson , Dispute and Conflict Resolution in Plymouth County , Massachusetts , 1725– 1825 ( Chapel Hill , 1981 ) ; and Peter E. Russell , His Majesty's ...