The Fourth Amendment: Origins and Original Meaning 602 - 1791

Table of Abbreviations Preface Introduction Part I: The Emergence of the Concept of Unreasonable Search and Seizure, to 1642 English Thought on Search and Seizure to 1642 Search and Seizure in England Before 1485 The English Law of Search and Seizure, 1485-1642 The English Practice of Search and Seizure, 1485-1642 Part II: The Emergence of the General Warrant as an Unreasonable Search and Seizure English Thought on Search and Seizure, 1642-1700 The General Warrant in Intellectual and Political Perspective Search and Seizure in England, 1642-1700: The Legal Background to the English Critique of General Warrants Colonial Thought Respecting Search, Seizure, and the Illegitimacy of General Warrants, to 1760 Colonial Legislation Regarding Search and Seizure, to 1760 Colonial Search Warrants and Their Enforcement, to 1760, in Relation to the Search Warrant Clause of the Fourth Amendment Colonial Searches by the Customs Services of England and Great Britain Part III: The Evolution of the Specific Warrant as the Orthodox Method of Search and Seizure, to 1760 English and British Advocacy of the Specific Warrant, to 1760 English and British Advocacy of the Specific Warrant, to 1760, in Intellectual and Political Perspective Search and Seizure in Britain, 1700-1760: The Legal Background to the Specific Warrant Movement Search and Seizure in Massachusetts, to 1760: The Statutory Origins of the Fourth Amendment The Political Background to the Emergence of the Specific Warrant in Massachusetts Paxton's Case Part IV: Chapter 18: Developments in Search and Seizure Beyond Search Warrants, to 1760 Part V: Developments in Search and Seizure, 1760-1776 The Wilkes Cases The Writs of Assistance Controversy, 1761-1776 Colonial Responses to the Controversies Regarding General Warrants and Writs of Assistance Developments in Search and Seizure Beyond Search Warrants, 1761-1776 Part VI: The Emergence of the Fourth Amendment, 1776-1791 American Search and Seizure, 1776-1787: The Years of Paradox The Formation and Original Meaning of the Fourth Amendment, 1787-1791 Appendices Table of Cases Index