Statute Law in Colonial Virginia

Statute Law in Colonial Virginia
Title Statute Law in Colonial Virginia PDF eBook
Author Warren M. Billings
Publisher University of Virginia Press
Total Pages 226
Release 2021-02-22
Genre Law
ISBN 0813945658

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Between 1632 and 1748, Virginia’s General Assembly revised the colony’s statutes seven times. These revisals provide an invaluable opportunity to gauge how governors, councilors, and burgesses created a hybrid body of colonial statute law that would become the longest strand in the American legal fabric. In Statute Law in Colonial Virginia, Warren Billings presents a series of snapshots that depict the seven revisions of the corpus juris the General Assembly undertook. In so doing, he highlights the good, the corrupt, and the loathsome applications of broad legislative authority throughout the colonial era. Each revision was built on prior written law and embodies the members’ legal knowledge and statutory craftsmanship, revealing their use of an unbridled discretion to further the interests they represented. Statutes undergirded Virginia’s evolving legal culture, and by examining these revisals and their links, Billings casts light on the hybrid nature of Virginia statute law and its relation to English laws.

The Statutes at Large

The Statutes at Large
Title The Statutes at Large PDF eBook
Author Virginia
Publisher
Total Pages 706
Release 1823
Genre Law
ISBN

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The Statutes at Large

The Statutes at Large
Title The Statutes at Large PDF eBook
Author Virginia
Publisher
Total Pages
Release 1819
Genre Law
ISBN

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The Statutes at Large

The Statutes at Large
Title The Statutes at Large PDF eBook
Author Virginia
Publisher
Total Pages 622
Release 1823
Genre Law
ISBN

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Colonial Justice in Virginia

Colonial Justice in Virginia
Title Colonial Justice in Virginia PDF eBook
Author George Lewis Chumbley
Publisher
Total Pages 200
Release 1938
Genre Courts
ISBN

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The Laws of Virginia

The Laws of Virginia
Title The Laws of Virginia PDF eBook
Author Virginia
Publisher
Total Pages 620
Release 1971
Genre History
ISBN

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The Statutes at Large

The Statutes at Large
Title The Statutes at Large PDF eBook
Author Virginia. General Assembly
Publisher
Total Pages 620
Release 1819
Genre Law
ISBN

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