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1) New Jersey biographical and genealogical notes from the volumes of the New Jersey archives: with additions and supplements

Author

Nelson, William

Series

Collections of the New Jersey Historical Society volume IX

Language

English

2) History of the city of Paterson and the County of Passaic, New Jersey

Author

Nelson, William

Series

Genealogy and local history volume LH2034

Pub. Date

1901.

Language

English

Formats

Book, Microfilm

3) Personal names of Indians of New Jersey: being a list of six hundred and fifty such names, gleaned mostly from Indian deeds of the seventeenth century

Author

Nelson, William

Pub. Date

1904.

Language

English

4) Daniel

Author

Nelson, William B

Series

Understanding the Bible Commentary

Language

English

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William Nelson's section-by-section commentary on Daniel is the newest volume in the Understanding the Bible Commentary Series. This user-friendly commentary series helps any reader navigate the sometimes difficult terrain of the Bible. These accessible volumes break down the barriers between the ancient and modern worlds so that the power and meaning of the biblical texts become clear to contemporary readers. The contributors tackle the task of interpretation...

5) Dispute and Conflict Resolution in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 1725-1825

Author

Nelson, William E

Series

Studies in Legal History

Language

English

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Nelson identifies three principal institutions involved in conflict resolution: the twon meeting, the church congregation, and the courts of law. He subsequently determines the type of cases over which each institution had jurisdiction and studies the procedures by which each functioned. He examines the tendency after 1800 to bring disputes to the court and sees this as a response to the introduction of new, nontraditional values not held by local...

6) The Legalist Reformation: The Struggle For Civil Rights In The Southern Paper Industry, 1945-1980

Author

Nelson, William E

Series

Studies in Legal History

Language

English

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Based on a detailed examination of New York case law, this pathbreaking book shows how law, politics, and ideology in the state changed in tandem between 1920 and 1980. Early twentieth-century New York was the scene of intense struggle between white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant upper and middle classes located primarily in the upstate region and the impoverished, mainly Jewish and Roman Catholic, immigrant underclass centered in New York City. Beginning...

7) E Pluribus Unum: How the Common Law Helped Unify and Liberate Colonial America, 1607-1776

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Nelson, William E

Language

English

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From their inception, the colonies exercised a range of approaches to the law. While New England based its legal system around the word of God, Maryland followed the common law tradition, and New York adhered to Dutch law. Over time, though, the British crown standardized legal procedure to more uniformly and efficiently exert control over the Empire. But, while the common law emerged as the dominant system across the colonies, its effects were far...