The Creation of American Law

John Jay, Oliver Ellsworth and the 1790s Supreme Court

Jude M. Pfister (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

280 Seiten

2018
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6908-3 (ISBN)

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The development of an American Constitutional law after achieving independence eluded the Founders until the Constitutional Convention in 1787. With that event, America was set on a course to develop an unique system of law with roots deep in the English common law tradition. This new system of law, embodied in a Constitution, forever changed the course of American national development.

With the Constitutional Convention in 1787, America was set on a course to develop a unique system of law with roots in the English common law tradition. This new system, its foundations in Article III of the Constitution, called for a national judiciary headed by a supreme court--which first met in 1790.

This book serves as a history of America's national law with a look at those--such as John Jay (the first Chief), James Iredell, Bushrod Washington and James Wilson--who set in motion not only the new Supreme Court, but also the new federal judiciary. These founders displayed great dexterity in maneuvering through the fraught political landscape of the 1790s.

Jude M. Pfister is a public historian working for the National Park Service in Morristown, New Jersey, with experience in many of the most important historic sites in the United States.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

1. Colonial American Law

2. The Constitutional Convention and The Federalist Papers

3. The Judiciary Act of 1789

4. Important Individuals 1789–1800

5. The John Jay Court: September 26, 1789–June 29, 1795

6. The John Rutledge Court: June 30, 1795–December 28, 1795

7. The Oliver Ellsworth Court: March 8, 1796–September 30, 1800

8. The Supreme Court and the Alien and Sedition Acts Cases

9. Presidents Washington and Adams and the Law

Appendix A: Article III of the United States Constitution

Appendix B: Selections from the Judiciary Act of 1789

Appendix C: Chief Justice John Jay’s Instructions to a New York Grand Jury, April 4, 1790

Appendix D: President John Adams and John Jay

Appendix E: A Place to Call Home

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	04.12.2018
Zusatzinfo	23 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	363 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-4766-6908-2 / 1476669082
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-6908-3 / 9781476669083
Zustand	Neuware