Michael Grossberg is the Sally M. Reahard Professor of History and a Professor of Law at Indiana University. His research focuses on the relationship between law and social change, particularly the intersection of law and family.

'This volume is an original and extensive study of an area of colonial history that has been given less prominence than it deserves. I thoroughly recommend it.' The Historical Association

• 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.

Michael Grossberg is the Sally M. Reahard Professor of History and a Professor of Law at Indiana University. His research focuses on the relationship between law and social change, particularly the intersection of law and family.

'This volume is an original and extensive study of an area of colonial history that has been given less prominence than it deserves. I thoroughly recommend it.' The Historical Association

• 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.

Michael Grossberg is the Sally M. Reahard Professor of History and a Professor of Law at Indiana University. His research focuses on the relationship between law and social change, particularly the intersection of law and family.

'This volume is an original and extensive study of an area of colonial history that has been given less prominence than it deserves. I thoroughly recommend it.' The Historical Association

• 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.