Marbury V. Madison: The Origins and Legacy of Judicial Review (Landmark Law Cases & American History) (Landmark Law Cases and American Society) - Softcover

William E. Nelson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0700610626 ISBN 13: 9780700610624

Publisher: University Press of Kansas, 2000

Synopsis

Marbury v. Madison We take for granted today the tremendous power of the Supreme Court to interpret our laws and overrule any found in conflict with the Constitution. Yet our nation was a quarter-century old before that power of "judicial review" was fully articulated by the Court itself in Marbury v. Madison (1803). William Nelson's concise study of that landmark case provides an insightful and readable guide for students and general readers alike. On the surface, the case itself seems a minor one at best. William Marbury, a last-minute judicial appointee of outgoing Federalist president John Adams, demanded redress from the Supreme Court when his commission was not delivere...

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Product Description:

A study of the power of the American Supreme Court to interpret laws and overrule any found in conflict with the Constitution. It examines the landmark case of Marbury versus Madison (1803), when that power of judicial review was first fully articulated.

Review:

"William Nelson, the country's ablest legal historian, has written the most concise yet thoughtful analysis of the first great landmark case in the canon of American constitutional law. Nelson deftly situates Marbury in its own time while illuminating its continuing significance for our own era. This is a book from which scholars and students at every level will learn."--Jack N. Rakove, author of Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution "This deft and provocative study is at once an incisive history and a reflective meditation on the legitimacy of judicial review."--Charles F. Hobson, author of The Great Chief Justice: John Marshall and the Rule of Law "Well written, coherent, and accessible for students and general readers."--G. Edward White, author of The Marshall Court and Cultural Change

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0700610626
• ISBN 13: 9780700610624
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160