Remaking Custom : Law and Identity in the Early American Republic.
Pearson, Ellen Holmes.
Remaking Custom : Law and Identity in the Early American Republic. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (269 pages) - Jeffersonian America Series . - Jeffersonian America Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. America's Common Law: Custom, Choice, and History Lessons -- 2. American Constitutions and American Character -- 3. Property Acquisition and Inheritance -- 4. The Question of Slavery in the New Republic -- 5. Public Lands, Expansion, and the Native Americans -- 6. Custom, the Written Law, and American Legal Treatises -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
The book deals with innovations that presented uncomfortable challenges to law educators as they sought creative ways to justify the legal cultures that grew up around slavery and Anglo-Americans' hunger for land occupied by Native Americans.
9780813930930
Law--United States--History--18th century.
Law--United States--History--19th century.
Electronic books.
KF366.P43 2011
349.73
Remaking Custom : Law and Identity in the Early American Republic. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (269 pages) - Jeffersonian America Series . - Jeffersonian America Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. America's Common Law: Custom, Choice, and History Lessons -- 2. American Constitutions and American Character -- 3. Property Acquisition and Inheritance -- 4. The Question of Slavery in the New Republic -- 5. Public Lands, Expansion, and the Native Americans -- 6. Custom, the Written Law, and American Legal Treatises -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
The book deals with innovations that presented uncomfortable challenges to law educators as they sought creative ways to justify the legal cultures that grew up around slavery and Anglo-Americans' hunger for land occupied by Native Americans.
9780813930930
Law--United States--History--18th century.
Law--United States--History--19th century.
Electronic books.
KF366.P43 2011
349.73