The Legal History of Colonial New Jersey, 1664-1776
FAIN: FT-12884-76
Stephen B. Presser
Northwestern University School of Law (Chicago, IL 60611)
To research the development of the legal philosophy, legal doctrines, institutions and lawyers of New Jersey 1664 to 1776. The lawmen helped transform New Jersey from a seventeenth century near-feudal society to a modern polity governed by legislative responsive to the popular will.