Law and religion in Colonial America: the dissenting colonies

Gerber, Scott Douglas

doi:10.1017/9781009289092

Law and religion in Colonial America: the dissenting colonies

Law - charters, statutes, judicial decisions, and traditions - mattered in colonial America, and laws about religion mattered a lot. The legal history of colonial America reveals that America has been devoted to the free exercise of religion since well before the First Amendment was ratified. Indeed...

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Main Author:	Gerber, Scott Douglas 1961- (Author)
Format:	Electronic Book
Language:	English
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Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2024
In:	Year: 2024
Reviews:	[Rezension von: Gerber, Scott Douglas, 1961-, Law and religion in Colonial America : the dissenting colonies] (2025) (Babie, P. T.)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:	B Maryland (Colony) / Rhode Island (Colony) / Pennsylvania (Colony) / Connecticut (Colony) / Massachusetts (Colony) / Religion / Law / History 1660-1775
Further subjects:	B Human rights & civil liberties law B 17. Jahrhundert (1600 bis 1699 n. Chr.) B Colonial Period (1600-1775) / United States / HISTORY B Religions- und Staatskirchenrecht, Staatskirchenverträge B c 1600 to c 1700 B 16. Jahrhundert (1500 bis 1599 n. Chr.) B 1500 to c 1700 / Early modern history: c 1450 B United States / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) / State & Local / HISTORY B History of law B United States / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) / State & Local / HISTORY B c 1500 to c 1600 B Church and state History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 (United States) B LAW / Legal History B Connecticut B Colonialism & imperialism B Amerikanische Geschichte B History of the Americas B Kolonialismus und Imperialismus B POL045000 B LAW / Constitutional B Legal History B Religion And Law History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 (United States)
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