The Common Law in Colonial America: Volume II: The Middle Colonies and the Carolinas, 1660-1730
- ISBN-10
- 0199937753
- ISBN-13
- 9780199937752
- Series
- The Common Law in Colonial America
- Category
- Law
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- William Edward Nelson
Description
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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