Book contents
- Thomas Jefferson, Legal History, and the Art of Recollection
- Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
- Thomas Jefferson, Legal History, and the Art of Recollection
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 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
- Conclusion
- Index
4 - Labor, Language, and the Legal Subject of the Notes on the State of Virginia
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 April 2017
- Thomas Jefferson, Legal History, and the Art of Recollection
- Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
- Thomas Jefferson, Legal History, and the Art of Recollection
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 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
- Conclusion
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Thomas Jefferson, Legal History, and the Art of Recollection , pp. 132 - 180Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017