Law and society in Puritan Massachusetts: Essex County, 1629-1692
(2004)
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : The University of North Carolina Press : Made available through hoopla, 2004
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9780807863435 (electronic bk.) MWT11719528, 0807863432 (electronic bk.) 11719528
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Distinguished by the critical value it assigns to law in Puritan society, this study describes precisely how the Massachusetts legal system differed from England's and how equity and an adapted common law became so useful to ordinary individuals
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