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By Birth or Consent: Children, Law, and the Anglo-American Revolution in Authority (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia)
By Birth or Consent Children Law and the AngloAmerican Revolution in Authority - Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
Author: Holly Brewer
In mid-sixteenth-century England, people were born into authority and responsibility based on their social status. By the late eighteenth century, however, English and American law began to emphasize contractual relations based on informed consent rather than on birth status. In ###By Birth or Consent#, Holly Brewer explores how the changing leg...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780807858325
ISBN-10: 0807858323
Publication Date: 2/26/2007
Pages: 408
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Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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