John Marshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court

John Marshall (1755-1835) was arguably the most important judicial figure in American history. As the fourth chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from 1801 to1835, he helped move the Court from the fringes of power to the epicenter of constitutional government. His great opinion...

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Autor principal: Newmyer, R. Kent
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : LSU Press, 2001.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Marshall, John, > 1755-1835
Marshall, John, > 1755-1835.
United States. > Supreme Court.
États-Unis. > Supreme Court > Biographies.
United States. > Supreme Court > Biography.
Judges.
LAW > Government > Federal.
Juges > États-Unis > Biographies.
Judges > United States > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE: Young Man of the Revolution; CHAPTER TWO: Judicial Statesman in the Making: Law and Politics in the 1790s; CHAPTER THREE: Marshall, Jefferson, and the Rise of the Supreme Court; CHAPTER FOUR: Republican Judge as Lockean Liberal; CHAPTER FIVE: Constitutional Law for a New Nation; CHAPTER SIX: Embattled Chief; CHAPTER SEVEN: Conservative Nationalist in the Age of Jackson; EPILOGUE: A Judge for All Seasons; Essay on the Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y; List of Cases.

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