A comprehensive collection of legal opinions from prominent English barristers and law officers (Attorneys-General, Solicitors-General, Chief Justices) spanning the 17th and 18th centuries, compiled by George Chalmers from Board of Trade archives and other depositories. Covers the King's prerogative abroad, colonial constitutions, ecclesiastical authority, land grants, taxation, trade regulation, and statutory extension to colonies and overseas territories, including opinions on the Isle of Man.