Alexander Hamilton and the Development of American Law /

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Alexander Hamilton never handed down decisions from a Supreme Court bench, nor did he write influential treatises on law. Yet he became the central figure in the development of American law in the early republic. Hamilton's authority over the formation of a republican jurisprudence both fit for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown, Kate Elizabeth (Katherine Elizabeth) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Hamilton, Alexander, > 1757-1804.
Constitutional law.
Federal government.
Constitutional history.
LAW / Corporate.
LAW / Constitutional.
HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800).
Histoire constitutionnelle > États-Unis.
Federal government > United States.
Constitutional history > United States.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Alexander Hamilton, lawyer and lawmaker
  • Creating the federal magistracy : discretionary power and the energetic executive
  • Administrative accommodation in the federal magistracy
  • Creating the "commercial republic" : neutrality and law in the American courts
  • Developing the jurisprudence of federalism : Hamilton's defense of federal fiscal powers
  • "A most valuable auxiliary" : securing foreign capital with the law of the land
  • Litigation, liberty, and the law : Hamilton's common law rights strategy
  • Conclusion: The federalist.

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