Author: Chumbley
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Colonial justice in Virginia
Author: Chumbley
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Colonial Justice in Virginia
Author: George Lewis Chumbley
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Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 174
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Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 174
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Murder in the Shenandoah
Author: Jessica K. Lowe
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108421784
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
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Tells the story of a sensational 1791 Virginia murder case, and explores Revolutionary America's debates over justice, criminal punishment, and equality before the law.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108421784
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
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Tells the story of a sensational 1791 Virginia murder case, and explores Revolutionary America's debates over justice, criminal punishment, and equality before the law.
Justice in Colonial Virginia
Author: Oliver Perry Chitwood
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Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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The Records of the Virginia Company of London
Author: Virginia Company of London
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Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 668
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Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 668
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Witchcraft in Colonial Virginia
Author: Carson O. Hudson Jr.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 146714424X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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"While the witchcraft mania that swept through Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692 was significant, fascination with it has tended to overshadow the historical records of other persecutions throughout early America. Colonial Virginians shared a common belief in the supernatural with their northern neighbors. The 1626 case of Joan Wright, the first woman to be accused of witchcraft in British North America, began Virginia's own witch craze. Utilizing surviving records, local historian Carson Hudson narrates these fascinating stories." --Back cover.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 146714424X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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"While the witchcraft mania that swept through Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692 was significant, fascination with it has tended to overshadow the historical records of other persecutions throughout early America. Colonial Virginians shared a common belief in the supernatural with their northern neighbors. The 1626 case of Joan Wright, the first woman to be accused of witchcraft in British North America, began Virginia's own witch craze. Utilizing surviving records, local historian Carson Hudson narrates these fascinating stories." --Back cover.
For the Colony in Virginea Britannia, Lawes Divine, Morall and Martiall, Etc
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Pages : 96
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Pages : 96
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Criminal Justice in Colonial America, 1606-1660
Author: Bradley Chapin
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820336912
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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This study analyzes the development of criminal law during the first several generations of American life. Its comparison of the substantive and procedural law among the colonies reveals the similarities and differences between the New England and the Chesapeake colonies. Bradley Chapin addresses the often-debated question of the “reception” of English law and makes estimates of the relative weight of the sources and methods of early American law. A main theme of his book is that colonial legislators and judges achieved a significant reform of the English criminal law at a time when a parallel movement in England failed. The analysis is made specific and concrete by statistics that show patterns of prosecutions and crime rates. In addition to the exciting and convincing theme of a “lost period” of great creativity in American criminal law, Chapin gives a wealth of detail on statutory and common-law rulings, noteworthy criminal cases, and judicial views of how the law was to be administered. He provides social and economic explanations of shifts and peculiarities in the law, using carefully arranged evidence from the records. His treatment of the Quaker cases in Massachusetts and the witchcraft prosecutions in New England throws new light on those frequently misunderstood episodes. Chapin's book will be of interest not only to scholars working in the field but also to anyone curious about early American legal history.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820336912
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This study analyzes the development of criminal law during the first several generations of American life. Its comparison of the substantive and procedural law among the colonies reveals the similarities and differences between the New England and the Chesapeake colonies. Bradley Chapin addresses the often-debated question of the “reception” of English law and makes estimates of the relative weight of the sources and methods of early American law. A main theme of his book is that colonial legislators and judges achieved a significant reform of the English criminal law at a time when a parallel movement in England failed. The analysis is made specific and concrete by statistics that show patterns of prosecutions and crime rates. In addition to the exciting and convincing theme of a “lost period” of great creativity in American criminal law, Chapin gives a wealth of detail on statutory and common-law rulings, noteworthy criminal cases, and judicial views of how the law was to be administered. He provides social and economic explanations of shifts and peculiarities in the law, using carefully arranged evidence from the records. His treatment of the Quaker cases in Massachusetts and the witchcraft prosecutions in New England throws new light on those frequently misunderstood episodes. Chapin's book will be of interest not only to scholars working in the field but also to anyone curious about early American legal history.
Justice in Colonial Virginia
Author: Oliver Perry Chitwood
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Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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The Statutes at Large
Author: Virginia
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Category : Law
Languages : en
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Category : Law
Languages : en
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