Common Law of Colonial America, Volume 1: The Chesapeake and New England, 1607-1660

by William Edward Nelson

William E. Nelson here proposes a new beginning in the study of colonial legal history. Examining all archival legal material for the period 1607-1776 and synthesizing existing scholarship in a four-volume series, The Common Law in Colonial America shows how the legal systems of Britain's thirteen North American colonies--initially established in response to divergent political, economic, and religious initiatives--slowly converged into a common...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195327284
• ISBN13: 9780195327281
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"