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Rule of law : elite political authority and the coming of the revolution in the South Carolina lowcountry, 1763-1776 /
A Rule of Law offers a fresh examination of how South Carolina's colonial elite ruled through a host of institutions beyond the legislature and jealously guarded this rule against all encroachment in the period leading to the American Revolution.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; New York :
Brill,
2014.
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| Colección: | Early American history series ;
Volume 3. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- "The scribe and the prince" : legal culture, the courts and elite political power
- "Crimes of the most heinous nature" : criminal justice and law enforcement
- "Nothing but terrors and punishments" : slavery and the law
- "Placed therein and managed" : the Church of England, poor relief, and elite political power
- "Accountable for their misdemeanors" : the assembly and the placeholders
- "Sign or die" : the imperial crisis and the reconstruction of South Carolina's government
- Epilogue
- Appendix.