Remaking Custom: Law and Identity in the Early American Republic

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Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. America’s Common Law: Custom, Choice, and History Lessons 11 2. American Constitutions and American Character 31 3. Property Acquisition and Inheritance 74 4. The Question of Slavery in the New Republic 113 5. Public Lands, Expansion, and the Native Americans 141 6. Custom, the Written Law, and American Legal Treatises 172 Conclusion 195 Notes 201 Bibliography 227 Index 245 This page intentionally left blank ...