Journal article : Review
Jamaican legislation and the Transatlantic Constitution, 1664-1839
- Abstract:
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Between its first meeting in January 1664 and the final session held under unfree labour in December 1838, the volume of legislation passed by the house of assembly in Jamaica increased exponentially. As in Britain and Ireland, this reflected the growing administrative capacity and political power of the legislature and also the enormous demand for laws and law-making among local interest groups. The rise and fall of slavery and the slave society in the island was therefore underpinned in a l...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Historical Journal Journal website
- Volume:
- 61
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 327-355
- Publication date:
- 2017-10-17
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1469-5103
- ISSN:
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0018-246X
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- Language:
- English
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- Subtype:
- Review
- Pubs id:
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1066447
- Local pid:
- pubs:1066447
- Deposit date:
- 2021-02-01
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- Cambridge University Press
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Rights statement:
- © Cambridge University Press 2017
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available from Cambridge University Press at: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X1700022X
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