Virginia Colonial Decisions

Two volumes. Originally published: Boston: the Boston Book Company, 1909. Reprint of the sole edition. These volumes contain all of the
decided cases of colonial Virginia's chief court reported by Randolph
[c.1693-1737] and Barradall [1704-1743]. Excepting a few cases
reported later by Thomas Jefferson and William Hopkins, these are all
of the cases reported during the colonial period. Invaluable sources
for the early history of American law, Barton commends these reports
for "the picture they give of [Virginia's] colonial period in all its
shades and aspects" and their ability to "make the observer see what
the more detailed narrative of history fails to tell" (Preface iv).
This set is further enriched by Barton's 250-page introduction, which
outlines the legal system of colonial Virginia and sets the reports in
their social context.