Seriatim: The Supreme Court Before John MarshallScott Douglas Gerber Seldom has American law seen a more towering figure than Chief Justice John Marshall. Indeed, Marshall is almost universally regarded as the "father of the Supreme Court" and "the jurist who started it all." |
Contents
The Supreme Court before John Marshall | 1 |
John Jays Republican Politics and Statesmanship on the Federal Bench | 26 |
Distinction and Declension | 70 |
Chapter 4 Deconstructing William Cushing | 97 |
Democratic Theorist and Supreme Court Justice | 126 |
A Safe and Conscientious Judge | 155 |
Revolutionist Constitutionalist Jurist | 198 |
Small States Nationalist | 231 |