Remaking custom : law and identity in the early American Republic / Ellen Holmes Pearson.
| Author/creator |
Pearson, Ellen Holmes, 1962- |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011. |
| Description | xi, 251 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | Jeffersonian America Jeffersonian America. ^A426223 |
| Contents | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-244) and index. |
| LCCN | 2010025069 |
| ISBN | 9780813930787 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0813930782 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780813930930 (e-book) |
| ISBN | 0813930936 (e-book) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | KF366 .P43 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |