Law and society in Puritan Massachusetts : Essex County, 1629-1692 /
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| Author / Creator: | Konig, David Thomas, 1947- |
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| Imprint: | Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1979. |
| Description: | xxi, 215 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in legal history |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/334146 |
| Related Items: | Online version:
Law and society in Puritan Massachusetts. |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Author's Note
- 1. English Law and Puritan Society the Legal and Social Foundations of Order, 1629-1640
- 2. Real Property Litigation the Social and Economic Backgrounds of Legal Change
- 3. Outsiders and Subgroups the Coordinative Function of the Court
- 4. From Communalism to Litigation the Elevation of Law and Legal Forms
- 5. The Court and the Community Law in a Postrevolutionary Puritan Society
- 6. Challenges to the Law the Conflict of Legal and Extralegal Methods of Social Control
- 7. Law, Magic, and Disorder the Crisis of the Interregnum, 1684-1692
- 8. Epilogue a Contentious and Well-Ordered People
- Bibliography
- Index