美国法的形成大致可以分为以下三个阶段:17世纪早期殖民地时期;18世纪初至独立战争时期;独立战争后至19世纪中叶时期。关于本土法与外来法的谈论也沿着这一线索进行。一、17世纪早期殖民地时期的法律该时期殖民地的法制状况具有多元化与创新性相结合的特点。首先,法律多元化表现为:第一,法律体系多元化。第二,法律内容多元化。其次,这一时期殖民地法律并非单纯的制度移植的产物,它还 The formation of the American law can be broadly divided into the following three stages: the early 17th century colonial period; the early 18th century to the period of the War of Independence; after the War of Independence to the mid-19th century. Discussions about indigenous law and foreign law also follow this thread. First, the law of the early 17th century colonial period during this period the colonial legal situation with a combination of diversity and innovation characteristics. First of all, the diversity of law is manifested as follows: First, the legal system is pluralistic. Second, the legal content is diversified. Second, the colonial law of this period was not the product of a mere system of transplants, but also