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Article: Common and civil law? Taking possession of the English empire in America, 1575-1630 (1).
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- Canadian Journal of History
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- December 1, 2003
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Most historians inform us that the legal foundations of the English empire in America were based on the common law. Founded on ancient custom and interpreted by important writers such as Ranulf de Glanvill, Henry de Bracton, and--in the Tudor and Smart period--William Lambarde, Edward Coke, and Matthew Hale, this unique legal code provided all that the English needed to know about taking possession of property. (2) This argument has much to be said for it, particularly when examining the various colonial charters issued between about 1575 and 1630. In this respect, the work of Viola Barnes and Charles Andrews, and more recently Patricia Seed and Christopher Tomlins is ...
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Encyclopedia entry: common law
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;
700+ words
...common law system of law that prevails in England and in countries colonized ... except Louisiana follow common law. U.S. state statutes ... usually provide that the common law, equity, and statutes in effect in England in 1603, the first ...
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