English Common Law in the Early American Colonies
- ISBN-10
- 1584774878
- ISBN-13
- 9781584774877
- Category
- Common law
- Pages
- 64
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
- Author
- Paul Samuel Reinsch
Description
Reinsch, Paul Samuel. English Common Law in the Early American Colonies. Madison: [Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin], 1899. 64 pp. Reprint available December, 2004 by the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-487-8. Cloth. $65. * This focused study of the institutional framework of colonial government addresses the colonial policy of the European powers, the motives and methods of colonial expansion, the general forms of colonial government and how the administrative and legislative methods of each colony grew to accommodate them.
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