TY - BOOK AU - Pearson,Ellen Holmes ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Remaking custom: law and identity in the early American Republic T2 - Jeffersonian America AV - KF366 .P43 2011eb U1 - 349.73 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Charlottesville PB - University of Virginia Press KW - Law KW - United States KW - History KW - 18th century KW - 19th century KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/zegu/Doc?id=10495571 ER -