A comprehensive collection of legal opinions from English attorneys-general, solicitors-general, judges, and other eminent lawyers on constitutional and commercial matters affecting the British colonies, compiled by George Chalmers from Board of Trade archives and other depositories. Originally published in London in 1814; this is the 1858 American edition. Covers the King's prerogative, colonial constitutions, taxation, trade regulation, and sovereignty questions relevant to Isle of Man and American colonial law.