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A New York Times Notable Book of 1996 It was in tolling the death of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall in 1835 that the Liberty Bell cracked, never to ring again.
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"John Marshall remains one of the towering figures in the landscape of American law. From the Revolution to the age of Jackson, he played a critical role in defining the...
This book presents Marshall's own words, the views of his contemporaries, and analyses in retrospect by leading historians and political scientists.
John Marshall: A Life in Law
In this startling biography, award-winning author Harlow Giles Unger reveals how Virginia-born John Marshall emerged from the Revolutionary War's bloodiest battlefields to become one of the nation's most important Founding Fathers: America ...
Spanning from the Civil War to the Civil Rights movement and beyond, The Great Dissenter is a “magnificent” (Douglas Brinkley) and “thoroughly researched” (The New York Times) rendering of the American legal system’s most ...
"John Marshall (1755-1835) was a good son, a kind older brother, a loving father and husband, and a dear friend to many.
Waite, “How 'Eccentric' Was Mr. Justice Harlan?” 38. ... On religious faith, compare Brodhead's treatment in David J. Brewer to the essays in “Symposium: Religion and the Judicial Process,” especially J. Gordon Hylton's.
The editors' foreword and notes, together with maps of major battle campaigns not included in the original edition, make this edition especially attractive for students.