Colonial Massachusetts Laws and Liberties and the English Commonwealth

State Formation, the Rule of Law, and the People's Welfare
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-90-04-70633-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 68, 378 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

Reihe: Legal History Library

On July 4, 1653, the Nominate or Barebones Parliament convened with a minority of committed radicals (Levellers and religious extremists) and a conservative majority of Cromwell’s allies. During acrimonious debates on law reform, the radicals demanded a condensed law book similar to the one adopted in Colonial Massachusetts.

These mostly overlooked events reveal a radical wing of Puritanism determined to found a self-governing state, fully cognizant of the real possibility that England would interdict such attempts by force of arms. This work investigates the motives for such a hazardous undertaking, and the possible influences these events had on the colony’s posterity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Charles Edward

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike

Über Autor(innen)

Charles Edward Smith, Ph.D. (1998), University of Chicago, has recently retired from the US Dept. of Defense, where he served as the Director of Legislative Operations in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs.