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Legal Development in Colonial Massachusetts, 1630-1686
by Charles Joseph Hilkey
Product Group: Book
Publisher: AMS Press (1967)
ISBN: B0006BZV7K
Unknown Binding: 148 pages
SKU: 4AB4-078-7-0308
Condition: G No DJ
Comments: EX-LIBRARY with typical stickers and markings; Clean body of text; Boards very slightly rubbed and soiled; Very little age-toning; Corners and ends of spine very lightly bumped; Tight copy. *International Buyers Welcome!* (except for prohibitively heavy items, as noted) - Satisfied customers in over 40 countries! We ship quickly and guarantee satisfaction. Your purchase helps support a U. Chicago student
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Product Description
According to the accepted legal theory, the American colonists claimed the English common law as their birthright, brought with them its general principles and adopted so much of it as was applicable to their condition. Although this theory is universally adopted by the courts, a close study of the subject reveals among the early colonists a far different attitude toward the common law from that which is usually attributed to them. In none of the colonies, perhaps, was this more marked than in early Massachusetts. Here the binding force of English law was denied, and a legal system largely different came into use. It is the purpose of this work to trace the development of that system during the period of the first charter.
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