History of the Supreme Court of the United States. Haskins, George Lee, [1915-1991]. Herbert A. Johnson. Foundations of Power: John Marshall, 1801-1815. Volume II of The History of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise. New York: Macmillan, [1981]. First edition. xiv, 687 pp. 24 unnumbered pages of plates. Red and green cloth with gilt stamped spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. Deckle fore-edges. Fine. Internally clean. $125. * First edition. Contents: Pt. 1. The State of the Union; The Posture of American Politics in 1801: The Clash of Ideologies and the Roots of Political Allegiance; The Court in Washington; The Federal Judicial System; 1801-1802; Jefferson's Attack on the Federal Judiciary; Marbury v. Madison; Impeachment; Habeas Corpus, Treason, and the Trial of Aaron Burr; Executive Power and the Judiciary: The Embargo; States' Rights and the National Judiciary; Pt. 2. Introduction: The Business of the Court; Illegal Trade and Prize Cases; Marine Insurance and Instance Cases; The Articulation of American Nationality; International Law and the Supreme Court; Business Enterprise and the Supreme Court; Public Land Policy and the Supreme Court; Jurisdiction and Procedure of Federal Courts and the Federal Common Law of Crimes; Conclusion.

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Foundations of Power: John Marshall, 1801-15. Part 1 & 2, in 1 book

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1981

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History of the Supreme Court of the United States

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