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The common law in colonial America. Volume 1, The Chesapeake and New England, 1607-1660 [electronic resource] / William E. Nelson.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008Description: 1 online resource (198 p.).ISBN: 9780199870677 (ebook) :.Other title: Chesapeake and New England, 1607-1660.Subject(s): Law -- United States -- History
| United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780195327281DDC classification: 349.7309032 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: In this four-volume series, the author shows how the legal systems of Britain's 13 North American colonies - initially established in response to divergent political, economic, and religious initiatives - slowly converged into a common American legal order that differed substantially from English common law.
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In this four-volume series, the author shows how the legal systems of Britain's 13 North American colonies - initially established in response to divergent political, economic, and religious initiatives - slowly converged into a common American legal order that differed substantially from English common law.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.