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005			20240726105031.0
008			121220s2013 nyu fob 001 0 eng d
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020			_a9780199301539 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
020			_a9780199937769 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
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050	0	4	_aKF361 _b.C666 2013
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aNelson, William E. _q(William Edward), _d1940- _e1
245	1	0	_aThe common law in colonial AmericaWilliam E. Nelson.
260			_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c(c)2013.
300			_a1 online resource
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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520	8		_aIn 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.
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505	0	0	_aCover; 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
505	0	0	_aCREATING 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
505	0	0	_aLM; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
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650		0	_aLaw _zMiddle Atlantic States _xHistory.
650		0	_aLaw _zNorth Carolina _xHistory.
650		0	_aLaw _zSouth Carolina _xHistory.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1402609&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell