The Supreme Court under Marshall and Taney /
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| Author / Creator: | Newmyer, R. Kent. |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | Wheeling, Ill : Harlan Davidson, Inc., c2006. |
| Description: | xii, 191 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The American history series American history series (Arlington Heights, Ill.) |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5997691 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. The Framework of Judicial Statesmanship
- Limitations on Judicial Lawmaking
- The Potential of Judicial Statesmanship
- The Court and The Men and Women on It
- Chapter 2. John Marshall and the Consolidation of National Power
- The Struggle for Judicial Power: Marbury v. Madison
- Consolidating National Power
- A Philosophy of National Power
- Chapter 3. Capitalism and the Marshall Court: Judicial Review in Action
- The Marshall Court, State Power, and Agrarian Capitalism
- The Court and the Rise of the American Business Corporation
- Retreat under Fire
- Chapter 4. The Taney Court: Democracy Captures the Citadel
- King Andrew's Court
- Corporations and The Court: The New Look
- The Taney Court and The Commerce Clause
- Continuity Versus Change: The Haunting Presence of John Marshall
- The Case for Judicial Statesmanship
- Chapter 5. The Court's Time of Troubles: Slavery, Sectionalism, and War
- The Court and Slavery
- The Fugitive Slave Question
- Slavery in the Territories
- Enter Dred Scott
- Pitfalls of Judicial Discretion
- The War Years: The Court Survives
- Chapter 6. The Legacy of the Supreme Court under Marshall and Taney
- Bibliographical Essay
- Glossary of Legal Terms
- The Supreme Court, 1801-1864
- Index of Cases
- Index
