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The common law in colonial America. Volume III, The Chesapeake and New England, 1660-1750 / William E. Nelson.
By: Nelson, William E. (William Edward) [author.]
.Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190465087.Other title: Chesapeake and New England, 1660-1750.Subject(s): Law -- United States -- History | United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 | Law | Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of lawAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190465056DDC classification: 349.7309032 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This volume traces English efforts to govern the Chesapeake and New England colonies by imposing the common law. Although every colony received the common law by 1750, local interests retained significant power everywhere and used that power to preserve divergent, customary patterns of law that had arisen in the 17th century.
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Previously issued in print: 2016.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume traces English efforts to govern the Chesapeake and New England colonies by imposing the common law. Although every colony received the common law by 1750, local interests retained significant power everywhere and used that power to preserve divergent, customary patterns of law that had arisen in the 17th century.
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