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Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- PART ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION -- I. AN INTRODUCTION TO EARLY AMERICAN LEGAL HISTORY -- PART TWO: THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY -- II. LAW AND COLONIAL SOCIETY -- III. COLONIAL COURTS AND THE COMMON LAW -- IV. KING'S LAW AND LOCAL CUSTOM IN SEVENTEENTH CENTURY NEW ENGLAND -- V. THE LEGAL HERITAGE OF PLYMOUTH COLONY -- VI. MASSACHUSETTS AND THE COMMON LAW: THE DECLARATION OF 1646 -- VII. THE LAWS AND LIBERTIES OF 1648 -- VIII. THE SPREAD OF MASSACHUSETTS LAW IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY -- IX. THE SUFFOLK COUNTY COURT, 1671-1680 -- X. THE BEGINNINGS OF PARTIBLE INHERITANCE IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES -- XI THE COURTS AND THE LAW IN COLONIAL NEW YORK -- PART THREE: THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY -- XII. ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL OF THE COURTS OF THE AMERICAN PLANTATIONS -- XIII. THE INFLUENCE OF COLONIAL CONDITIONS AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE CONNECTICUT INTESTACY LAW -- XIV. "LAW ENFORCEMENT IN COLONIAL NEW YORK:" AN INTRODUCTION -- XV. THE RISE OF THE NEW YORK BAR: THE LEGAL CAREER OF WILLIAM LIVINGSTON -- XVI. LEGALISM VERSUS REVOLUTIONARY DOCTRINE IN NEW ENGLAND -- XVII. THE PROCESS OF OUTLAWRY IN NEW YORK: A STUDY OF THE SELECTIVE RECEPTION OF ENGLISH LAW -- XVIII. THOMAS JEFFERSON AND BLACKSTONE'S COMMENTARIES -- XIX. DELAWARE CASES, 1792-1800 -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.