By Birth or Consent: Children, Law, and the Anglo-American Revolution in Authority (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and ... and the University of North Carolina Press) - Softcover

Brewer, Holly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807858323 ISBN 13: 9780807858325

Verlag: Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press, 2007

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Book by Brewer Holly

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"By Birth or Consent is an intellectual feast; it is deeply learned and provocative." - The William and Mary Quarterly "[Brewer's] approach yields important new insights into the origins of modern ideas about children and families, as well as the sources of modern Anglo-American political and legal thought and the limits inherent in its promise of political equality for all." - The Journal of American History"

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In mid-sixteenth-century England, people were born into authority and responsibility based on their social status. Thus elite children could designate property or serve in Parliament, while children of the poorer sort might be forced to sign labor contracts or be hanged for arson or picking pockets. By the late eighteenth century, however, English and American law began to emphasize contractual relations based on informed consent rather than on birth status. In By Birth or Consent, Holly Brewer explores how the changing legal status of children illuminates the struggle over consent and status in England and America. As it emerged through religious, political, and legal debates, the concept of meaningful consent challenged the older order of birthright and became central to the development of democratic political theory.

The struggle over meaningful consent had tremendous political and social consequences, affecting the whole order of society. It granted new powers to fathers and guardians at the same time that it challenged those of masters and kings. Brewer's analysis reshapes the debate about the origins of modern political ideology and makes connections between Reformation religious debates, Enlightenment philosophy, and democratic political theory.

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• Verlag: Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0807858323
• ISBN 13: 9780807858325
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 406