The Common Law of Colonial America

The Common Law of Colonial America

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-216

  Nelson, William E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake; Colonial America; Common law; Debtors; Massachusets; Moral values; New england; Profit; Servants; Virginia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922757802     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195327281.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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