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Lincoln, Charles Z. The Civil Law and the Church. New York: The Abington Press, [1916]. lii, 951 pp. Reprint available January, 2005 by the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-474-6. Cloth. $165. * A powerful resource for students of church-state relations, this book is a detailed compilation of principal judicial decisions rendered by the courts of Great Britain, Canada, and the United States that deal with questions relating to religious matters, religious societies, and civil matters with religious aspects. Arranged by confession and topic, it includes such chapters as "Arbitration," "Bible," "Civil Courts," "Deacons," "Jews," "Presbyterian Church," "Salvation Army," "Sunday" and "Unitarians." With a table of cases and a thorough index.
[Lincoln, Charles Z[ebina], Johnson, William H., Northrup, A[nsel] J[udd]. The Colonial Laws of New York from the Year 1664 to the Revolution, Including the Charters to the Duke of York, The Commissions and Instructions to Colonial Governors, The Duke's Laws, The Laws of the Dongan and Leisler Assemblies, The Charters of Albany and New York and the Acts of the Colonial Legislatures from 1691 to 1775 Inclusive. Transmitted to the legislature by the Commissioners of Statutory Revision, Pursuant to Chapter 125 of the Laws of 1891. Albany: James B. Lyon, 1894. Five volumes. Cloth. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. [with] (1) searchable DVD of the 5 volume work. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-59...
With this book, Nancy Isenberg illuminates the origins of the women's rights movement. Rather than herald the singular achievements of the 1848 Seneca Falls convention, she examines the confluence of events and ideas--before and after 1848--that, in her view, marked the real birth of feminism. Drawing on a wide range of sources, she demonstrates that women's rights activists of the antebellum era crafted a coherent feminist critique of church, state, and family. In addition, Isenberg shows, they developed a rich theoretical tradition that influenced not only subsequent strains of feminist thought but also ideas about the nature of citizenship and rights more generally. By focusing on rights ...
Vols. 28-30 accompanied by separately published parts with title: Indices and necrology.
Shares a biography of Silas Wright, through the framework of his own letters, as a prominent politician of the Jackson era who touched upon many important personages and issues first in New York and then as a nation as a whole,.