The Common Law in Colonial America

Volume I: The Chesapeake and New England 1607-1660

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Legal History, History, Americas, United States, Colonial Period (1600-1775)
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Author: William E. Nelson ISBN: 9780199886852
Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: August 5, 2008
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author: William E. Nelson
ISBN: 9780199886852
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: August 5, 2008
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

Drawing on groundbreaking and overwhelmingly extensive research into local court records, The Common Law in Colonial America proposes a "new beginning" in the study of colonial legal history, as it charts the course of the common law in Early America, to reveal how the models of law that emerged differed drastically from that of the English common law. In this first volume, Nelson explores how the law of the Chesapeake colonies--Virginia and Maryland--differed from the New England colonies--Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, New Haven, Plymouth, and Rhode Island--and looks at the differences between the colonial legal systems within the two regions, from their initial settlement until approximately 1660.

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Drawing on groundbreaking and overwhelmingly extensive research into local court records, The Common Law in Colonial America proposes a "new beginning" in the study of colonial legal history, as it charts the course of the common law in Early America, to reveal how the models of law that emerged differed drastically from that of the English common law. In this first volume, Nelson explores how the law of the Chesapeake colonies--Virginia and Maryland--differed from the New England colonies--Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, New Haven, Plymouth, and Rhode Island--and looks at the differences between the colonial legal systems within the two regions, from their initial settlement until approximately 1660.

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