Legal History by Era

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1609-1664; 1673-1674

New York Under Dutch Rule

In the 16th century, the great powers of Europe asserted the right to establish colonies on the other continents of ...
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1674-1776

Colonial New York Under British Rule

Under 16th century public international law, the great powers of Europe asserted the right to establish colonies on other continents ...
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1777-1846

Revolution & The Emerging State

Although New York adopted the Declaration of Independence at a meeting of the Fourth Provincial Congress in White Plains on ...
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1847-1869

Antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction New York

In a time of rapid growth and development, the judicial system that New York had inherited from the English, with ...
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