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The activist : John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, and the myth of judicial review / Lawrence Goldstone.
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Publication details:
New York : Walker and Co., 2008.
Record id:
67418
Author:
Subject:
Marshall, John, -- 1755-1835.
Marbury, William, -- 1761 or 2-1835 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Madison, James, -- 1751-1836 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
United States. -- Supreme Court -- History.
United States. -- Constitutional Convention -- (1787)
Judicial review -- United States -- History.
Separation of powers -- United States -- History.
Contents:
Chapter 1. Law and politics
Part I. Creating a judiciary
Chapter 2. Convention: a few good men
Chapter 3. To the states: the struggle to ratify begins
Chapter 4. Making a new nation: ratification in Virginia
Chapter 5. Uniting a new nation: ratification in New York
Chapter 6. Transition: congress is transformed and so is Madison
Part II. The weakest of the three
Chapter 7. A long and frustrating ride: Jay takes the reins
Chapter 8. Once and future chiefs: Jay and Marshall collide
Chapter 9. A question of priorities: the absent Chief Justice
Chapter 10. A taste of the future: Marshall visits the court
Chapter 11. Yankees win: Ellsworth at the helm
Chapter 12. As simple as XYZ: Marshall ascendant
Chapter 13. First in Quasi - war: Adams on a tightrope
Part III. Making the court supreme
Chapter 14. Default judgement: Marshall to the bench
Chapter 15. Two bills: Adams's last stand
Chapter 16. Sunset at midnight
Chapter 17. The new day
Chapter 18. Beyond comparison the weakest of the three
Chapter 19. Repeal: the seventh congress
Chapter 20. Suicide squeeze: Hamilton v. Marshall
Chapter 21. Saying what the law is
Chapter 22. Marginalization: Stuart, Pickering, and Chase
Chapter 23. What the law isn't.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780802714886
Phys. description:
viii, 294 p. : ill. ; 25 cm