Reddit reviews History of the Common Law: The Development of Anglo-American Legal Institutions (Aspen Casebook)
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Yeah, Harold Berman's Law and Revolution is one of the titans: http://www.amazon.com/Revolution-Formation-Western-Legal-Tradition/dp/0674517768
I've read chunks of the Berman book and it's great. Lots of medieval history too.
I also have a copy of this one: http://www.amazon.com/History-Common-Law-Anglo-American-Institutions/dp/0735562903/
The problem with that book is that it's a 6 pound brick so it's a chore just holding the damn thing. (BTW, you'll notice it's expensive, but if you have access to a university library, you can probably get it through interlibrary loan. I paid $50 for a used copy.)
It is a pretty common way to refer to American legal traditions that were imported from England. Common law and Anglo-American law are used somewhat interchangeably although they arguably have slightly different meanings. In the context Sessions said it, Anglo-American actually makes more sense because it more all encompassing when referring to American legal institutions taken from England than simply saying common law. Common law is a body of law and a system of legal reasoning. Anglo-American legal traditions encompass institutions beyond simply the body of law and the system of legal reasoning. Here is a good tweet thread that lays out a few examples of an Obama era DOJ official using the term as well as a Democratic senator and a Supreme Court justice.
https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/963173679994753027
Here are a few legal books that use the terms almost interchangeably in their titles.
https://www.amazon.com/History-Common-Law-Anglo-American-Institutions/dp/0735562903
https://www.amazon.com/Form-Substance-Anglo-American-Law-Institutions/dp/0198257341
https://www.amazon.com/Historical-Introduction-Anglo-American-Law-Nutshell/dp/0314747087
https://library.law.yale.edu/anglo-american-legal-heritage-introductory-materials
Also, Encyclopedia.com treats them as interchangeable.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/politics/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/common-law-anglo-american