Abby Chandler

Law and Sexual Misconduct in New England, 1650-1750

Steering Toward England

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Produktbeschreibung

From the seventeenth-century various colonial administrations all consciously measured their laws against that of England, whether their intention was imitation of or conscious opposition to, established English legal system. In order to trace the shifting and contested relationships between colonial laws and English laws, this book focuses on the prosecution of sexual misconduct. The two-part analysis of changing sexual misconduct laws and the resulting trial depositions highlights the ways in which ordinary New England colonists both interacted with and responded to the growing Anglicization of their legal systems.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9781472461926
• ISBN-10: 1472461924
• Artikelnr.: 44799243

Autorenporträt

Abby Chandler is Assistant Professor of Early American History at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She is currently working on her next book project which will examine the use of English legal traditions in political rebellions during the 1760s.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Founding law in Massachusetts Bay, Maine, and Rhode Island
Evolving law in England and its influence on New England
'Exposing our children, to be bred ignorantly like Indians': frontier peripheries and cross-cultural sexual contact
'He shall be liable to the charge of maintenance': morals, economics, and illegitimate children in New England communities
'The court doe own him her aturney': justices, attorneys, and the New England court room
'The said Margaret prays process against him': public and private lives in New England court rooms
Conclusion
Appendices
References
Index.