The common law in colonial AmericaWilliam E. Nelson.

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.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Dutch and Puritan Law in New Netherland; THE DUTCH LEGAL SYSTEM OF NEW NETHERLAND; "RUDE, UNTECHNICAL" LAW IN THE EARLY ENGLISH SETTLEMENTS; 2. New York: The Persistence of Dutch and Puritan Law; THE PERSISTENCE OF DUTCH LAW ALONG THE UPPER HUDSON; NEW ENGLAND LAW ON THE ISLANDS AND IN WESTCHESTER; 3. New York: The Triumph of the Common Law; THE EMERGENCE OF COMMON LAW IN NEW YORK CITY; THE TRIUMPH OF COMMON LAW IN THE COLONY AT LARGE; 4. Common Law in the City-State of Charleston, South Carolina; THE SUCCESS AND FAILURE OF ASHLEY'S PLANS

CREATING LAWTHE END OF THE PROPRIETARY REGIME AND THE BEGINNING OF ROYAL GOVERNMENT; 5. Politicizing the Courts and Undermining the Law in North Carolina; THE COLONY ON THE ALBEMARLE SOUND; THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM'S COLLAPSE; 6. Pennsylvania: Government by Judiciary; THE IMMEDIATE ADOPTION OF THE COMMON LAW; THE DISEMPOWERMENT OF JURIES; LAW, ORDER, AND STABILITY; EXPLAINING HEGEMONY; 7. Delaware and New Jersey: A Microcosm of the Colonial North; DELAWARE; EAST JERSEY; WEST JERSEY; NEW JERSEY; 8. Conclusion: The Common Law as Mechanism of Governance; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K

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