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The common law in colonial America /

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 thirt...

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Main Author:	Nelson, William E. (William Edward), 1940-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2008-
Subjects:	Law > United States > History. United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Online Access:	Table of contents only

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