The Cohasset Marshlands Dispute: International Arbitration in Colonial New England

Forthcoming, International Council Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), 2014

Boston Univ. School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 14-59

4 Pages Posted: 15 Oct 2014

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William W. Park

Boston University - School of Law

Date Written: October 9, 2014

Abstract

One of the earliest international arbitrations in the Americas arose from rival claims to hayfields contested between two groups of religious dissidents. The dispute resolution process which unfolded in 1640 between the Massachusetts and Plymouth colonies takes special significance as an epochal step toward the robust cross-border cooperation that ultimately united thirteen disparate colonies into a single nation.

Keywords: international arbitration, arbitration, Cohasset, Colonial New England, Legal History, religious dissidents

JEL Classification: K19, K33, K39

Suggested Citation

Park, William W., The Cohasset Marshlands Dispute: International Arbitration in Colonial New England (October 9, 2014). Forthcoming, International Council Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), 2014, Boston Univ. School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 14-59, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2508408 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2508408

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