Adoption of English Law in Maryland
Posted: 10 May 2011
Date Written: 2011
Abstract
It served as an axiom of Maryland’s constitutional history that settlers carried with them the "rights of Englishmen" when they crossed the Atlantic. In 1642 the Assembly of Maryland Freemen declared Maryland’s provincial judges were to follows the law of England. Maryland’s 1776 Declaration of Independence left a legal lacuna - what were to be the laws and public institutions of this newly created sovereign entity? This paper considers the manner in which the sovereign state of Maryland filled the void.
Keywords: Maryland, laws
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Power, Garrett, Adoption of English Law in Maryland (2011). U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2011-24, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1836645 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1836645
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