The Marshall Court and Cultural Change, 1815-1835

by G. Edward White and Gerald Gunther

Book Overview

G. Edward White's monumental study on the Marshall Court, originally published as Volumes III-IV of the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise History of the Supreme Court, shows how the decisions made between 1815 and 1835 reveal an active reinterpretation of the Constitution and its principles of republicanism to suit the requirements of a rapidly changing nation. Placing the Marshall Court within the cultural and ideological context of early nineteenth-century...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195070593
• ISBN13: 9780195070590
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 864 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"