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For 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 fit changing circumstances. They also developed a sense of legalism that influenced virtually all social, economic and political relationships. This sense of intimacy with the law, Hoffer argues, assumed a transforming power in times of crisis. In the midst of a war for independence, American revolutionaries laboured to explain how their rebellion could be lawful, while legislators wrote republican constitutions that would endure for centuries. Fully updated to take account of recent scholarship, this revised edition also offers a fresh look at the legal experiences of American Indians, the French and the Spanish as people on the edges of English settlement.
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"Outlines the main features of English law and legal institutions, describes their transmission to New England and Virginia, and argues for the emergence of 'an American way of law, a style of keeping order and resovling disputes' that was more open and less formalistic than that of England... Legal and Social Historians will applaud the appearance of this synthesis, and, in a decade's time, will demand a revised edition." -- Journal of American History, reviewing a previous edition or volume
"A synthetic essay of considerable grace and scope... An excellent overview of the field." -- Journal of Legal History, reviewing a previous edition or volume
Peter Charles Hoffer is Research Professor of History at the University of Georgia and the author of numerous books on early American law and history.
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- EditoreJohns Hopkins Univ Pr
- Data di pubblicazione1998
- ISBN 10 0801858224
- ISBN 13 9780801858222
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine193
- Valutazione libreria
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