Colonial statute borrowing made Massachusetts and Virginia legal exporters

Evidence

To borrow statutes (even whole codes) was easier to do. Partly for this reason, some colonies had influence on other colonies. Legal skill was a rare commodity. Newer settlements simply borrowed laws from older neighboring colonies. Virginia, in the South, and Massachusetts Bay, in the North, were major exporters of laws. — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 498

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Colonies codified law because the uncodified common law was not packaged for export — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 488; Colonial legal reforms defy pure economic or repressive explanations — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 1163; Connecticut’s 1650 code was overwhelmingly copied from Massachusetts — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 499

Broader Connections

• Connecticut’s 1650 code was overwhelmingly copied from Massachusetts #exemplifies (0.85) — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 499
• Colonies codified law because the uncodified common law was not packaged for export #expands (0.78) — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 488
• Colonial legal reforms defy pure economic or repressive explanations #corroborates (0.72) — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 1163