The vice-admiralty courts and the American Revolution / Carl Ubbelohde
Published
Chapel Hill : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, 1960
Salt -water courts. The courts. The jurisdiction. The courts and the common law -- A war ends and a court begins. Privateers and smugglers. A sea guard is established. Parliament passes the ""Black Act" -- From sugar to stams. Collectors and captains. An alteration is postponed. Crisis in the colonies -- Courts and customs. An incident at Cape Fear. The Stamp Act is repealed. Mr. Townshend's acts -- Some patriots are made, not born. Mr. Laurens goes to court. Warfare on the water front. Mr. Hancock loses a ship -- Four new courts. The new establishment. Gentlemen of science and abilities. The rights of Englishmen -- The courts at work. The system is completed. The provincial vice-admiralty courts. The King's broad arrow -- New courts for old. The rift widens. The judges go home. Congress creates a committee -- Fact and fiction
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-228) and index
Notes
Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed March 15, 2017)
