1 Introduction --2 Land and territory --3 English government --4 Colonial constitutions --5 Nationality, allegiance and protection --6 Liberties and laws --7 Legislative introduction of English law --8 Territorial expansion --9 Reception methods --10 Limitations on reception --11 Judicial reception --12 Reception of legal knowledge
Summary
This book provides an account of how the English legal system was established in the countries of the British colonial empire and illustrates the origins of many of the principles determining the present character of government and law in over 100 places around the world
