Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.31141/zrpfs.2022.59.146.853
Origin and types of colonial courts in North America
Haris Silajdžić
orcid.org/0000-0001-5625-7719
Abstract
This paper presents judicial system of the colonies on the territory of North America. After a short introduction, the first part of the paper explains the ways of creating courts within the colonies, in connection with this, it is important to point out that the courts were established in three ways, and each one of them will be explained individually in the paper. In the second part of the paper, the types of courts within the colonies are explained and certain similarities and differences are explained in relation to the same courts in England. The aim of this paper is to present the way courts were established, with the presentation of examples, in the colonies on the territory of North America, and furthermore, the purpose of this paper is to show the types of courts that existed in the newly created territory. This paper presents a historical display of the origin and types of courts in the colonial period, and historical and comparative methods were used for making this paper. Using historical methods, the ways of establishment and types of courts in the colonies are shown, while the comparative method shows similarities and differences in relation to certain courts in England. In addition, the author used general scientific methods such as classification, analysis, generalization, concretization and description. Last part of this paper is conclusion and it summarizes the results of the research and provides a critical review of research.
Keywords
Colonies in North America; establishment of the courts; way of establishment of the courts by governor; way of establishment of the courts by representative assembly; way of establishment of the courts using statutes.
Hrčak ID:
287634
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Publication date:
19.12.2022.
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