Remaking custom : law and identity in the early American Republic /
Pearson, Ellen Holmes,1962-
Charlottesville, Va. : University of Virginia Press,
2011.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-244) and index.
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.
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