The Life of John Marshall, Svazek 2Cosimo, Inc., 30. 5. 2005 - Počet stran: 636 John Marshall (1755-1835) became the fourth chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court despite having had almost no formal schooling and after having studied law for a mere six weeks. Nevertheless, Marshall remains the only judge in American history whose distinction derives almost entirely from his judicial career. During Marshall's nearly 35-year tenure as chief justice, he wielded the Constitution's awe-inspiring power aggressively and wisely, setting the Supreme Court on a course for the ages by ensuring its equal position in the triumvirate of the federal government of the United States and securing its role as interpreter and enforcer of the Constitution. Marshall's judicial energies were as unflagging as his vision was expansive. This four-volume life of Marshall received wide acclaim upon its initial publication in 1920, winning the Pulitzer Prize that year, and makes fascinating reading for the lawyer, historian, and legal scholar. |
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WASHINGTONS DEFENDER | 122 |
THE MAN AND THE LAWYER | 166 |
ENVOY TO FRANCE | 214 |
FACING TALLEYRAND | 257 |
THE AMERICAN MEMORIAL 29 | 290 |
THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN | 335 |
CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS | 374 |
INDEPENDENCE IN CONGRESS | 432 |
CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES | 485 |
LIST OF CASES | 567 |
FREEHOLDERS QUESTIONS TO GENERAL MARSHALL | 574 |
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Strana 27 - The liberty of the whole earth was depending on the issue of the contest and was ever such a prize won with so little innocent blood? My own affections have been deeply wounded by some of the martyrs to this cause, but rather than it should have failed, I would have seen half the earth desolated. Were there but an Adam and an Eve left in every country, and left free, it would be better than as it now is.
Strana 14 - Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself, in all cases, as the ages and generations which preceded it. The vanity and presumption of governing beyond the grave, is the most ridiculous and insolent of all tyrannies.