Ludlow's Code

A common complaint of the early American colonists was that, in the absence of an established body of laws, the decisions of magistrates tended to be capricious. To correct this situation, in 1646 the general court of Connecticut asked Roger Ludlow, a member of the court and trained in the English law, to compile a body of laws for the commonwealth. The result was Ludlow's Code of 1650, which established the law of the colony. Although revised many times, this code remains the foundation of Connecticut's laws.

Bibliography

Main, Jackson Turner. Society and Economy in Colonial Connecticut. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1985.