The Transatlantic Constitution

Colonial Legal Culture and the Empire

Mary Sarah Bilder

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$32.50 • £26.95 • €29.50

ISBN 9780674027190

Publication Date: 03/31/2008

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308 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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Mary Sarah Bilder is Founders Professor of Law and Michael and Helen Lee Distinguished Scholar, Boston College Law School.

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2005 Littleton-Griswold Prize in the History of American Law and Society, American Historical Association and the American Society for Legal History

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