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... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > social history of crime > documents and acts shaping the American system of criminal justice > Book of the General Lawes and Libertyes

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Book of the General Lawes and Libertyes  

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  • The first law code printed in colonial America, the Book of the General Lawes and Libertyes of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was a codification of rights, duties, and criminal penalties. The General Lawes were a revision of the 1641 Bodie of Liberties, a compilation of rights assembled by the Massachusetts General Court. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Book of the General Lawes and Libertyes]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-FW5HBVM1-9

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