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.
