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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154645703321

Autore

Nelson William Edward

Titolo

The common law in colonial America. Volume II, The middle colonies and the Carolinas, 1660-1730

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2013

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

349.7509032

Soggetti

Law - U.S

Law, Politics & Government

Law - U.S. - General

Middle Atlantic States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

North Carolina History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

South Carolina History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

In this volume, Nelson analyzes the impact that an increasingly powerful British government had on the evolution of the common law in the New World. As the reach of the Crown extended Britain imposed far more restrictions than before on the new colonies it had chartered in the Carolinas and the Middle Atlantic region. The government's intent was to ensure that colonies' laws would align more tightly with British law.