Remaking custom law and identity in the early American Republic /

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Huvudupphov: Pearson, Ellen Holmes, 1962-
Institutionellt upphov: ebrary, Inc
Materialtyp: Elektronisk E-bok
Språk:engelska
Utgiven: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.
Serie:Jeffersonian America.
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Innehållsförteckning:
  • Introduction
  • America's common law : custom, choice, and history lessons
  • American constitutions and American character
  • Property acquisition and inheritance
  • The question of slavery in the New Republic
  • Public lands, expansion, and the Native Americans
  • Custom, the written law, and American legal treatises
  • Conclusion.