The Cambridge History of Law in America

1. Law, colonization, legitimation and the European background Anthony Pagden; 2. The law of Native Americans to 1815 Katherine A. Hermes; 3. English settlement and local governance Mary Sarah Bilder; 4. Legal communications and imperial governance: British North America and Spanish America compared Richard J. Ross; 5. Regionalism in early American law David Thomas Konig; 6. Penality and the colonial project: crime, punishment and the regulation of morals in early America Michael Meranze; 7. Law, population, labor Christopher Tomlins; 8. The fragmented laws of slavery in the colonial and revolutionary eras Sally E. Hadden; 9. The transformation of domestic law Holly Brewer; 10. Law and religion in colonial America Mark McGarvie and Elizabeth Mensch; 11. The transformation of law and economy in early America Bruce H. Mann; 12. Law and commerce, 1580–1815 Claire Priest; 13. Law and the origins of the American Revolution Jack P. Greene; 14. Confederation and constitution Jack N. Rakove; 15. The consolidation of the early Federal system, 1791–1812 Saul Cornell and Gerald Leonard; 16. Magistrates, common law lawyers, legislators: the three legal systems of British America James A. Henretta.