Witches, wife beaters, and whores : common law and common folk in early America / Elaine Forman Crane.

• In Dutch with the neighbors : slander "in a well regulated burghery" -- Bermuda triangle : witchcraft, Quakers, and sexual eclecticism -- "Leave of[f] or else I would cry out murder" : the community response to family violence in early New England -- Cold comfort : race and rape in Rhode Island -- He would "shoot him upon the spott" : the eviction of Samuel Banister -- A ghost story.

Ämnesord

Common law  -- United States -- History -- 17th century. (LCSH)

Sociological jurisprudence  -- United States -- History -- 17th century. (LCSH)

Women  -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- 17th century. (LCSH)

Domestic relations  -- United States -- History -- 17th century. (LCSH)

Kvinnor  -- juridik och lagstiftning -- historia -- Förenta staterna -- 1600-talet (sao)

Rättssociologi  -- historia -- Förenta staterna -- 1600-talet (sao)

Rättshistoria  -- Förenta staterna -- 1600-talet (sao)

Familjerätt  -- Förenta staterna -- 1600-talet (sao)

Äktenskapsrätt  -- Förenta staterna -- 1600-talet (sao)

Klassifikation

KF394 (LCC)

340.5/7097309032 (DDC)

Oe (kssb/8 (machine generated))