Author: William Pencak
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 027103579X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
"A collection of essays on the American Revolution in Pennsylvania. Topics include the politicization of the English- and German-language press and the population they served; the Revolution in remote areas of the state; and new historical perspectives on the American and British armies during the Valley Forge winter"--Provided by publisher.
Pennsylvania's Revolution
Author: William Pencak
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 027103579X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
"A collection of essays on the American Revolution in Pennsylvania. Topics include the politicization of the English- and German-language press and the population they served; the Revolution in remote areas of the state; and new historical perspectives on the American and British armies during the Valley Forge winter"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 027103579X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
"A collection of essays on the American Revolution in Pennsylvania. Topics include the politicization of the English- and German-language press and the population they served; the Revolution in remote areas of the state; and new historical perspectives on the American and British armies during the Valley Forge winter"--Provided by publisher.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Author: John J. Hare
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271081996
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
Established in 1684, over a century before the Commonwealth, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court is the oldest appellate court in North America. This balanced, comprehensive history of the Court examines over three centuries of legal proceedings and cases before the body, the controversies and conflicts with which it dealt, and the impact of its decisions and of the case law its justices created Introduced by constitutional scholar Ken Gormley, this volume describes the Supreme Court’s structure and powers and focuses at length on the Court’s work in deciding notable cases of constitutional law, civil rights, torts, criminal law, labor law, and administrative law. Through three sections, “The Structure and Powers of the Supreme Court,” “Decisional Law of the Supreme Court,” and “Reporting Supreme Court Decisions,” the contributors address the many ways in which the Court and its justices have shaped life and law in Pennsylvania and beyond. They consider how it has adjudicated new and complex issues arising from some of the most notable events and tragedies in American history, including the struggle for religious liberty in colonial Pennsylvania, the Revolutionary War, slavery, the Johnstown Flood, the Homestead Steel Strike and other labor conflicts, both World Wars, and, more recently, the dramatic rise of criminal procedural rights and the expansion of tort law. Featuring an afterword by Chief Justice Saylor and essays by leading jurists, deans, law and history professors, and practicing attorneys, this fair-minded assessment of the Court is destined to become a criterion volume for lawmakers, scholars, and anyone interested in legal history in the Keystone State and the United States.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271081996
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
Established in 1684, over a century before the Commonwealth, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court is the oldest appellate court in North America. This balanced, comprehensive history of the Court examines over three centuries of legal proceedings and cases before the body, the controversies and conflicts with which it dealt, and the impact of its decisions and of the case law its justices created Introduced by constitutional scholar Ken Gormley, this volume describes the Supreme Court’s structure and powers and focuses at length on the Court’s work in deciding notable cases of constitutional law, civil rights, torts, criminal law, labor law, and administrative law. Through three sections, “The Structure and Powers of the Supreme Court,” “Decisional Law of the Supreme Court,” and “Reporting Supreme Court Decisions,” the contributors address the many ways in which the Court and its justices have shaped life and law in Pennsylvania and beyond. They consider how it has adjudicated new and complex issues arising from some of the most notable events and tragedies in American history, including the struggle for religious liberty in colonial Pennsylvania, the Revolutionary War, slavery, the Johnstown Flood, the Homestead Steel Strike and other labor conflicts, both World Wars, and, more recently, the dramatic rise of criminal procedural rights and the expansion of tort law. Featuring an afterword by Chief Justice Saylor and essays by leading jurists, deans, law and history professors, and practicing attorneys, this fair-minded assessment of the Court is destined to become a criterion volume for lawmakers, scholars, and anyone interested in legal history in the Keystone State and the United States.
The Annotated U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence
Author: Jack N. Rakove
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674036069
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian serves as a guide to the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence, providing historical contexts and offering interpretive commentary.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674036069
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian serves as a guide to the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence, providing historical contexts and offering interpretive commentary.
The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws of the State, Territories, and Colonies Now Or Heretofore Forming the United States of America: Kentucky ; Massachusetts
Author: Francis Newton Thorpe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Appeal of Forty Thousand Citizens, Threatened with Disfranchisement, to the People of Pennsylvania
Author: Robert Purvis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Genesis of the Constitution of the United States of America
Author: Breckinridge Long
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Thoughts on Government: Applicable to the Present State of the American Colonies
Author: John Adams
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
The Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776
Author: J. Paul Selsam
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512806374
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Provides an account of the rebellion of the unprotected frontiersmen and the unfranchised artisans, who constituted two-thirds of the population in Pennsylvania, against the Quaker property owners in their attempt to achieve a voice in the government and establish a liberal constitution in 1776.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512806374
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Provides an account of the rebellion of the unprotected frontiersmen and the unfranchised artisans, who constituted two-thirds of the population in Pennsylvania, against the Quaker property owners in their attempt to achieve a voice in the government and establish a liberal constitution in 1776.
Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies
Author: John Dickinson
Publisher: New York : Outlook Company
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher: New York : Outlook Company
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment of 1991
Author: Ken Gormley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description