The Supreme Court in the Early Republic

The Chief Justiceships of John Jay and Oliver Ellsworth

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Legal History
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Author: William R. Casto, Herbert A. Johnson ISBN: 9781611171693
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press Publication: November 1, 2012
Imprint: University of South Carolina Press Language: English
Author: William R. Casto, Herbert A. Johnson
ISBN: 9781611171693
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Publication: November 1, 2012
Imprint: University of South Carolina Press
Language: English

William R. Casto sheds a new light on America’s federal judiciary and the changing legal landscape with his detailed examination of the Supreme Court’s formative years. In a study that spans the period from the Court’s tentative beginnings through the appointment of its third chief justice, Casto reveals a judicial body quite different in orientation and philosophy from the current Supreme Court and one with a legacy of enduring significance for the U.S. legal system.rimes, the drafting of the Judiciary Act of 1789, and the adoption of judicial review.

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William R. Casto sheds a new light on America’s federal judiciary and the changing legal landscape with his detailed examination of the Supreme Court’s formative years. In a study that spans the period from the Court’s tentative beginnings through the appointment of its third chief justice, Casto reveals a judicial body quite different in orientation and philosophy from the current Supreme Court and one with a legacy of enduring significance for the U.S. legal system.rimes, the drafting of the Judiciary Act of 1789, and the adoption of judicial review.

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