Without precedent : John Marshall and his times /

Without precedent : John Marshall and his times / Joel Richard Paul.

Publisher's description: The remarkable story of John Marshall who, as chief justice, statesman, and diplomat, played a pivotal role in the founding of the United States. No member of America's Founding Generation had a greater impact on the Constitution and the Supreme Court than John Mar...

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Main Author: Paul, Joel Richard (Author)
Other title:Title on dust jacket: Without precedent : Chief Justice John Marshall and his times.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Riverhead Books, 2018.
Subjects:
Marshall, John, > 1755-1835.
United States. > Supreme Court > Biography.
United States. > Supreme Court.
Judges > United States > Biography.
Judges.
United States.
Biographies.
Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • The frontier soldier
  • A revolutionary capital
  • Debating the Constitution
  • Slaves and hypocrites
  • Innocence lost
  • Citizen Genet
  • Entangling alliances
  • Jay's treaty
  • Talleyrand
  • Not a sixpence
  • Love and war
  • Tossed into the Seine
  • The XYZ papers
  • The Jonathan Robbins affair
  • Privateers and pirates
  • The new order of things
  • Showdown
  • A strategic retreat
  • Prizes of war
  • High crimes
  • Treason
  • Estrangement
  • The meaning of sovereignty
  • Washington burning
  • Friends and enemies
  • The supreme law
  • The pirate lottery
  • The great steamboat case
  • Public and private
  • Right remains with the strongest
  • An extravagant pretense
  • In the conqueror's court
  • A union prolonged by miracles.

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