The Common Law in Colonial America

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The Common Law in Colonial America is written by William Edward Nelson and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0190850485 (ISBN 10) and 9780190850487 (ISBN 13).

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 American legal order that differed substantially from English common law.