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Author:   Charles Edward Smith
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Martinus Nijhoff
Volume:   68
Weight:   0.768kg
ISBN:  

9789004706330

ISBN 10:   900470633
Pages:   378
Publication Date:   22 August 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface Abbreviations Introduction Part 1 The English Commonwealth and the Protestant Reformation 1 Massachusetts Capital Laws of 1642 2 Education and Radical Religiosity Part 2 Creating a Legal Authority in the “New World” 3 No Taxation without Representation 4 The Negative Voice 5 The Standing Council Part 3 Publishing Massachusetts Laws and Liberties 6 The Body of Liberties of 1641 7 Divine Magistracy vs. a Rule of Law 8 The Laws and Liberties of 1648 Part 4 Transatlantic Legal Reform and Popular Sovereignty 9 Penal Laws, Debt, and Early Modern Markets 10 Ship Money, Rex v. Hampden, and Matters of State 11 Popular Sovereignty: Salus Populi Suprema Lex Part 5 Imperial Ambitions 12 An Arbitrary, Absolute, and Unlimited Power 13 Sovereignty of the Law   Conclusion Works Cited Index

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"The press about volume 1 in the series: ""[The book] succeeds as an excellent point of entry to what at times can seem like a highly complex subject. [..] [The editors] and their fellow contributors have undoubtedly got the new series off to the strongest possible start."" – Warren Swain, The Edinburgh Law Review"

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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.

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