John Marshall and the heroic age of the Supreme Court / R Kent Newmeyer.

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Publication details:
Baton Rouge (Louisiana) : Louisiana State Univ Pr, 2001.
Record id:
22417
Series:
Southern biography series.
Subject:
Marshall, John, -- 1755-1835.
United States. -- Supreme Court.
Judges -- United States -- Biography.
Courts -- United States.
Constitutional history -- United States.
Constitutional law.
Contents:
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.
Note:
Includes index.
ISBN:
0807127019
Phys. description:
xvii, 511p : illus.