The Clamor of Lawyers : The American Revolution and Crisis in the Legal Profession /

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The Clamor of Lawyers explores a series of extended public pronouncements that British North American colonial lawyers crafted between 1761 and 1776. Most, though not all, were composed outside of the courtroom and detached from on-going litigation. While they have been studied as political theory,...

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Main Authors: Hoffer, Peter Charles, 1944- (Author), Hoffer, Williamjames (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Politics and government.
Political culture.
Lawyers.
Law.
War > Causes.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Avocats > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Political culture > United States > History > 18th century.
Law > United States > History > 18th century.
Lawyers > United States > History > 18th century.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1775-1783.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Revolution) > Causes.
United States > Politics and government > 1775-1783.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Causes.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : a lawyers' revolution
  • "The worst instrument of arbitrary power"
  • "The alienation of the affection of the colonies"
  • "My dear countrymen rouse yourselves"
  • "A right which nature has given to all men"
  • "That these colonies are ... free and independent states"
  • Conclusion : the legacy of the lawyers' American Revolution.

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