01695nam 2200421 450 991015465390332120210111162529.00-19-046507-70-19-046508-5(CKB)4330000000005627(StDuBDS)EDZ0001385995(MiAaPQ)EBC4706037(EXLCZ)99433000000000562720160504d2016 fy| 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe common law in colonial AmericaVolume IIIThe Chesapeake and New England, 1660-1750 /William E. Nelson[electronic resource]New York, NY :Oxford University Press,2016.1 online resourcePreviously issued in print: 2016.0-19-046505-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.This volume traces English efforts to govern the Chesapeake and New England colonies by imposing the common law. Although every colony received the common law by 1750, local interests retained significant power everywhere and used that power to preserve divergent, customary patterns of law that had arisen in the 17th century.Chesapeake and New England, 1660-1750LawUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesHistoryColonial period, ca. 1600-1775LawHistory.349.7309032Nelson William E(William Edward),1940-303414StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910154653903321The common law in colonial America2631230UNINA