William E. Nelson is the Edward Weinfeld Professor Emeritus at New York University School of Law. He has been writing and teaching in the field of American legal history for over fifty years and is the author of many books, including E Pluribus Unum (Oxford University Press 2019) and The Common Law in Colonial America (four volumes, Oxford University Press 2007-2018).

• Introduction 1: Reception of the Common Law 2: The Substance of Colonial Law 3: Toward Independence and the Rule of Law 4: The Release of Energy 5: Antislavery, Race, and Reconstruction 6: The Conservative Impulse 7: The Progressive Impulse 8: The New Deal and the Fight Against Totalitarianism 9: The End of Law? 10: Conclusion

William E. Nelson is the Edward Weinfeld Professor Emeritus at New York University School of Law. He has been writing and teaching in the field of American legal history for over fifty years and is the author of many books, including E Pluribus Unum (Oxford University Press 2019) and The Common Law in Colonial America (four volumes, Oxford University Press 2007-2018).

• Introduction 1: Reception of the Common Law 2: The Substance of Colonial Law 3: Toward Independence and the Rule of Law 4: The Release of Energy 5: Antislavery, Race, and Reconstruction 6: The Conservative Impulse 7: The Progressive Impulse 8: The New Deal and the Fight Against Totalitarianism 9: The End of Law? 10: Conclusion

William E. Nelson is the Edward Weinfeld Professor Emeritus at New York University School of Law. He has been writing and teaching in the field of American legal history for over fifty years and is the author of many books, including E Pluribus Unum (Oxford University Press 2019) and The Common Law in Colonial America (four volumes, Oxford University Press 2007-2018).

• Introduction 1: Reception of the Common Law 2: The Substance of Colonial Law 3: Toward Independence and the Rule of Law 4: The Release of Energy 5: Antislavery, Race, and Reconstruction 6: The Conservative Impulse 7: The Progressive Impulse 8: The New Deal and the Fight Against Totalitarianism 9: The End of Law? 10: Conclusion