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The Supreme Court, Florida Land Claims, and Spanish Colonial Law
Legal Traditions in Louisiana and the Floridas 1763-1848
(2019)
Abstract
This collection focuses on the period from 1763 through the mid-nineteenth century. In Louisiana and the Floridas, the territorial ambitions of Britain, France, and Spain, as well as the new American Republic, led to a rapidly shifting series of political and cultural changes. The result in the region was the creation of complex hybrids of social mores, customs, and legal ideas and institutions. Of particular significance were the land claims that inevitably followed transfers of sovereignty and legal systems, the social and legal entrenchment of established elites and the institution of slavery, as well as a legacy of extra-legal violence and folk justice.
Keywords
- The Supreme Court,
- Florida Land Claims,
- and Spanish Colonial Law
Publication Date
2019
Editor
Donlan, Sean Patrick and Vernon Palmer
Publisher
Talbot Publishing
ISBN
9781616195847
Citation Information
M.C. Mirow, The Supreme Court, Florida Land Claims, and Spanish Colonial Law, in Legal Traditions in Louisiana and the Floridas 1763-1848, (Donlan, Sean Patrick and Vernon Palmer eds., Talbot Publishing, 2019).