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Marshall Court and Cultural Change, 1815-1835

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ISBN-10: 0195070593

ISBN-13: 9780195070590

Edition: 2nd (Abridged)

Authors: G. Edward White, Gerald Gunther

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G. Edward White's monumental study on the Marshall Court, originally published as Volumes III-IV of the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise History of the Supreme Court, shows how the decisions made between 1815 and 1835 reveal an active reinterpretation of the Constitution and its principles of republicanism to suit the requirements of a rapidly changing nation. Placing the Marshall Court within the cultural and ideological context of early nineteenth-century America, White argues that the Court recast the language of the Constitution to give certain crucial terms the appearance of timeless legal principles, and promoted a style of judicial decision-making that concealed the discretionary…    
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Book details

List price: $29.95
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/9/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 864
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.13" long x 1.55" tall
Weight: 2.640
Language: English