Kathryn Preyer
Biographic Data
| ID | 1194774 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathryn Preyer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathryn |
| FAMILY NAME | Preyer |
| SIGNATURE | PREYER K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wellesley College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The American Revolution in the Law
Coping with Crime
Jurisdiction to Punish
Discussion and debate over the nature of federalism is one of the staples of American public discourse. Among historians and lawyers, politicians and judges this constant has remained. It is only the context of the discourse which has changed over time. Given the unusual framework of union provided by the Constitution it is hardly surprising that debate over its nature should continue for concepts of constitutionalism, federalism and law in Ameri…
The Papers of Daniel Webster
Crime, the Criminal Law and Reform in Post-Revolutionary Virginia
Exhortations to maintain a reasonable balance between crimes and punishments, condemnations of excessive penal severity and pleas for a reduction in the number of crimes for which death was the penalty do not originate in the eighteenth century. Reform of the criminal law had been an unattained goal of both Puritans and Levellers during the Commonwealth period. Reform efforts ironically paralleled the immense increase of new statutory felonies in…
Penal Measures in the American Colonies
Journal Article Penal Measures in the American Colonies: An Overview Get access Kathryn Preyer Kathryn Preyer Professor of History *Wellesley College. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 26, Issue 4, October 1982, Pages 326–353, https://doi.org/10.2307/844940 Published: 01 October 1982
The Papers of John Marshall. Volume II
Journal Article The Papers of John Marshall. Volume II: Correspondence and Papers, July 1788-December 1795; Account Book, July 1788–December 1795 Get access Cullen Charles T. Johnson Herbert A., Editors. The Papers of John Marshall. Volume II: Correspondence and Papers, July 1788–December 1795; Account Book, July 1788–December 1795. Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The University of North Carolina Press, 1977. xxxvi, 547 pp. $18.95. Preyer Kathryn Pr…
The Transformation of American Law, 1780-1860
Journal Article The Transformation of American Law, 1780–1860. By Morton J. Horwitz. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1977. xvii + 356 pp. Notes and index. $16.50.) Get access Kathryn Preyer Kathryn Preyer Wellesley College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 64, Issue 4, March 1978, Pages 1099–1100, https://doi.org/10.2307/1890768 Published: 01 March 1978
The Papers of John Marshall. Volume 1
Journal Article The Papers of John Marshall. Volume 1: Correspondence and Papers, November 10, 1775–June 23, 1788; Account Book, September 1783–June 1788 Get access Johnson Herbert A., Editor, The Papers of John Marshall. Volume 1: Correspondence and Papers, November 10, 1775–June 23, 1788; Account Book, September 1783–June 1788. Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The University of North Carolina Press, 1974. xlvi, 448 pp. $17.95. Kathryn Preyer Kathry…
Americanization of the Common Law
Journal Article Americanization of the Common Law: The Impact of Legal Change on Massachusetts Society, 1760–1830. By William E. Nelson. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1975. ix + 269 pp. Notes, bibliography of manuscript sources, and index. $14.00.) Get access Kathryn Preyer Kathryn Preyer Wellesley College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 63, Issue 3, December 197…
Joseph Story and the American Constitution
The Jeffersonian Crisis
The Boston Massacre
Legal Papers of John Adams
Yazoo
Americanization of the Common Law
Journal Article Americanization of the Common Law: The Impact of Legal Change on Massachusetts Society, 1760–1830. By William E. Nelson. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1975. ix + 269 pp. Notes, bibliography of manuscript sources, and index. $14.00.) Get access Kathryn Preyer Kathryn Preyer Wellesley College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 63, Issue 3, December 197…
Penal Measures in the American Colonies
Journal Article Penal Measures in the American Colonies: An Overview Get access Kathryn Preyer Kathryn Preyer Professor of History *Wellesley College. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 26, Issue 4, October 1982, Pages 326–353, https://doi.org/10.2307/844940 Published: 01 October 1982
Jurisdiction to Punish
Discussion and debate over the nature of federalism is one of the staples of American public discourse. Among historians and lawyers, politicians and judges this constant has remained. It is only the context of the discourse which has changed over time. Given the unusual framework of union provided by the Constitution it is hardly surprising that debate over its nature should continue for concepts of constitutionalism, federalism and law in Ameri…
Crime, the Criminal Law and Reform in Post-Revolutionary Virginia
Exhortations to maintain a reasonable balance between crimes and punishments, condemnations of excessive penal severity and pleas for a reduction in the number of crimes for which death was the penalty do not originate in the eighteenth century. Reform of the criminal law had been an unattained goal of both Puritans and Levellers during the Commonwealth period. Reform efforts ironically paralleled the immense increase of new statutory felonies in…
The Transformation of American Law, 1780-1860
Journal Article The Transformation of American Law, 1780–1860. By Morton J. Horwitz. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1977. xvii + 356 pp. Notes and index. $16.50.) Get access Kathryn Preyer Kathryn Preyer Wellesley College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 64, Issue 4, March 1978, Pages 1099–1100, https://doi.org/10.2307/1890768 Published: 01 March 1978
Legal Papers of John Adams
Yazoo
The Boston Massacre
The Jeffersonian Crisis
Joseph Story and the American Constitution
The Papers of John Marshall. Volume 1
Journal Article The Papers of John Marshall. Volume 1: Correspondence and Papers, November 10, 1775–June 23, 1788; Account Book, September 1783–June 1788 Get access Johnson Herbert A., Editor, The Papers of John Marshall. Volume 1: Correspondence and Papers, November 10, 1775–June 23, 1788; Account Book, September 1783–June 1788. Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The University of North Carolina Press, 1974. xlvi, 448 pp. $17.95. Kathryn Preyer Kathry…
Americanization of the Common Law
Journal Article Americanization of the Common Law: The Impact of Legal Change on Massachusetts Society, 1760–1830. By William E. Nelson. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1975. ix + 269 pp. Notes, bibliography of manuscript sources, and index. $14.00.) Get access Kathryn Preyer Kathryn Preyer Wellesley College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 63, Issue 3, December 197…
The Transformation of American Law, 1780-1860
Journal Article The Transformation of American Law, 1780–1860. By Morton J. Horwitz. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1977. xvii + 356 pp. Notes and index. $16.50.) Get access Kathryn Preyer Kathryn Preyer Wellesley College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 64, Issue 4, March 1978, Pages 1099–1100, https://doi.org/10.2307/1890768 Published: 01 March 1978
The Papers of John Marshall. Volume II
Journal Article The Papers of John Marshall. Volume II: Correspondence and Papers, July 1788-December 1795; Account Book, July 1788–December 1795 Get access Cullen Charles T. Johnson Herbert A., Editors. The Papers of John Marshall. Volume II: Correspondence and Papers, July 1788–December 1795; Account Book, July 1788–December 1795. Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The University of North Carolina Press, 1977. xxxvi, 547 pp. $18.95. Preyer Kathryn Pr…
Penal Measures in the American Colonies
Journal Article Penal Measures in the American Colonies: An Overview Get access Kathryn Preyer Kathryn Preyer Professor of History *Wellesley College. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 26, Issue 4, October 1982, Pages 326–353, https://doi.org/10.2307/844940 Published: 01 October 1982
Crime, the Criminal Law and Reform in Post-Revolutionary Virginia
Exhortations to maintain a reasonable balance between crimes and punishments, condemnations of excessive penal severity and pleas for a reduction in the number of crimes for which death was the penalty do not originate in the eighteenth century. Reform of the criminal law had been an unattained goal of both Puritans and Levellers during the Commonwealth period. Reform efforts ironically paralleled the immense increase of new statutory felonies in…
The Papers of Daniel Webster
Jurisdiction to Punish
Discussion and debate over the nature of federalism is one of the staples of American public discourse. Among historians and lawyers, politicians and judges this constant has remained. It is only the context of the discourse which has changed over time. Given the unusual framework of union provided by the Constitution it is hardly surprising that debate over its nature should continue for concepts of constitutionalism, federalism and law in Ameri…
Coping with Crime
The American Revolution in the Law
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