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The book explores the role of religion in war and peace through nine original contributions that examine a range of case studies from different historical periods. Religion, the volume suggests, is typically not the cause of human conflict, but rather the product of actions by the state and the legal system

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- PART ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION -- I. AN INTRODUCTION TO EARLY AMERICAN LEGAL HISTORY -- PART TWO: THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY -- II. LAW AND COLONIAL SOCIETY -- III. COLONIAL COURTS AND THE COMMON LAW -- IV. KING'S LAW AND LOCAL CUSTOM IN SEVENTEENTH CENTURY NEW ENGLAND -- V. THE LEGAL HERITAGE OF PLYMOUTH COLONY -- VI. MASSACHUSETTS AND THE COMMON LAW: THE DECLARATION OF 1646 -- VII. THE LAWS AND LIBERTIES OF 1648 -- VIII. THE SPREAD OF MASSACHUSETTS LAW IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY -- IX. THE SUFFOLK COUNTY COURT, 1671-1680 -- X. THE BEGINNINGS OF PARTIBLE INHERITANCE IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES -- XI THE COURTS AND THE LAW IN COLONIAL NEW YORK -- PART THREE: THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY -- XII. ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL OF THE COURTS OF THE AMERICAN PLANTATIONS -- XIII. THE INFLUENCE OF COLONIAL CONDITIONS AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE CONNECTICUT INTESTACY LAW -- XIV. "LAW ENFORCEMENT IN COLONIAL NEW YORK:" AN INTRODUCTION -- XV. THE RISE OF THE NEW YORK BAR: THE LEGAL CAREER OF WILLIAM LIVINGSTON -- XVI. LEGALISM VERSUS REVOLUTIONARY DOCTRINE IN NEW ENGLAND -- XVII. THE PROCESS OF OUTLAWRY IN NEW YORK: A STUDY OF THE SELECTIVE RECEPTION OF ENGLISH LAW -- XVIII. THOMAS JEFFERSON AND BLACKSTONE'S COMMENTARIES -- XIX. DELAWARE CASES, 1792-1800 -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.