Jamaican legislation and the Transatlantic Constitution, 1664-1839
Between its first meeting in January 1664 and the final session held under unfree labour in December 1838, the volume of legislation passed by the house of assembly in Jamaica increased exponentially. As in Britain and Ireland, this reflected the growing administrative capacity and political power o...
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Cambridge University Press
2017
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