Nelson, William Edward,  1940- <br/><br/>
The common law in colonial America.  Volume 1,  The Chesapeake and New England, 1607-1660  [electronic resource] / 
 Chesapeake and New England, 1607-1660 
William E. Nelson. 
 - Oxford :  Oxford University Press,  2008. 
 - 1 online resource (198 p.) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199870677 (ebook) :  No price 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Law--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF361 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>349.7309032