Constitution in Congress: the Jeffersonians, 1801-1829

Name: Constitution in Congress: the Jeffersonians, 1801-1829
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ISBN: 9780226131177

ISBN-10: 0226131173

ISBN-13: 9780226131177

Edition: 2001

Authors: David P. Currie

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Because of the judicial branch's tremendous success in reviewing legislative and executive action in the United States, legal scholars have traditionally looked only to the courts for guidance in interpreting the Constitution. This, the second book in David P. Currie's multivolume series, looks to the legislative and executive branches for insights into the development of constitutional interpretation. Currie examines the period of Republican hegemony from the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson in 1801 to the election of Andrew Jackson in 1829. During this time of great leadership and controversy, many benchmark issues—the abolition of the new Circuit Courts, the Louisiana…

Book details

List price: $77.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/1/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Size: 0.70" wide x 0.96" long x 0.11" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English

David P. Currie (1936-2007) was the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago. He is the author of four volumes in the Constitution in Congress series and the award-winning two-volume history The Constitution in the Supreme Court.



Preface


Abbreviations and Shortened Titles



President Jefferson, 1801-1809



The Most Endangered Branch



The Twelfth Amendment



Housekeeping



Expansion



Enemies at Home and Abroad



Madison, Monroe, and John Quincy Adams, 1809-1829



War



Rumors of War



States



The American System



More about Congressional Powers



Ultimate Questions Conclusion


Appendix: The Constitution of the United States


Index