Thomas Jefferson, Legal History, and the Art of Recollection

Through his discussion of Thomas Jefferson, historian Matthew Crow offers a new perspective on constitutional transformation in early American history.

List of contents

1. Introduction: 'in the course of human events...'; 2. Jurisdiction and British legal memory in colonial Virginia; 3. New-modeling and rewriting in revolutionary Virginia; 4. Labor, language, and the legal subject of the Notes on the State of Virginia; 5. Governing the usufruct of the living; 6. The discipline of recollection; Index.

About the author

Matthew Crow is an Assistant Professor of History at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York.

Summary

Thomas Jefferson, Legal History, and the Art of Recollection offers an original account of the legal and political thought of Thomas Jefferson and the reception of narratives of empire and constitutional transformation during the era of the American Revolution. This book uniquely places Jefferson's own attention to history in conversation with modern thought.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Crow, Matthew (Hobart and William Smith Colleges Crow, Crow Matthew
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781316614129
• ISBN: 978-1-316-61412-9
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, military history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Historiography, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, Political science & theory, c 1500 onwards to present day, Historiography, Archaeology, United States of America, USA, Colonialism and imperialism, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, Political science and theory, Battles & campaigns, History and Archaeology, Specific wars and campaigns, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, C 1700 To C 1800, Later 18th century c 1750 to c 1799, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800)