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In a defiant stance : the conditions of law in Massachusetts Bay, the Irish comparison; and the coming of the American Revolution
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In a defiant stance : the conditions of law in Massachusetts Bay, the Irish comparison; and the coming of the American Revolution

Author: John Phillip Reid
Publisher: University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©1977.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: John Phillip Reid
ISBN: 0271012404 9780271012407
OCLC Number: 2463402
Description: 225 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. In the Very Face of Government: The American Comparison --
2. It Signifies Little Who Is Governor: The Locus of Law --
3. Sourve from Whence the Clamors Flow: The Conditions of Law --
4. Democracy Is Too Prevalent in America: The Civil Traverse Jury --
5. Juries Lie Open to Management: The Uses of the Grand Jury --
6. In Defiance of the Threats: The Criminal Traverse Jury --
7. Unless Law Are Enforced: The Legitimacy of Whig Law --
8. By Consent of the Council: The Import of Local Control --
9. The Seeds of Anarchy: The Execution of Whig Law --
10. The Same Leaven with the People: The Legal Mind of the American Whig --
11. Disjointed and Independent of Each Other: The Conditions of Imperial Law --
12. The Government They Have Set Up: The Emergence of Whig Government --
13. The Oppression of Centuries: The Irish Comparison --
14. A Most Dreadful Ruin: The Legal Mind of British-Ruled Ireland --
15. To Effect a Revolution: The Execution of Imperial Law --
16. Enforced by Mobs: The Rule of Law
Responsibility: John Phillip Reid.

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