English Law and the American Colonies. The British government was
certain that its American colonies would be governed by English
law, but was uncertain about the nature of its legal institutions.
The development of the legal system in the thirteen colonies, and
the way English institutions were adapted to colonial conditions,
is the subject of this monograph. Impressively documented, it is
founded on original research based on manuscript sources in the
United States and Great Britain. Reprint of a title in the Columbia
University series Studies in History, Economics and Public Law.
Reprint of sole edition. Originally published: New York: Columbia
University Press, 1923.George Adrian Washburne 1884-1948] was a
professor of history at Ohio StateUniversity. This work is based on
his 1923 Ph.D thesis.
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