Building a Revolutionary State: The Legal Transformation of New York, 1776-1783

by Howard Pashman

Book Overview

How does a popular uprising transform itself from the disorder of revolution into a legal system that carries out the daily administration required to govern? Americans faced this question during the Revolution as colonial legal structures collapsed under the period's disorder. Yet by the end of the war, Americans managed to rebuild their courts and legislatures, imbuing such institutions with an authority that was widely respected. This remarkable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022654401X
• ISBN13: 9780226544014
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"