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Widely regarded as America's most important Chief Justice, John Marshall influenced our constitutional, political, and economic development as much as any American. He handed down landmark decisions on judicial review, federal-state relations, contracts, corporations, and commercial regulation during a thirty-four year tenure that encompassed five presidencies, a second war of independence, the demise of the first American party system, and the advent of Jacksonianism and market capitalism. This is the first interpretive study of Marshall's early life that emphasizes the formative influences on him before he joined the Court. By that time his character and attitudes were fully formed through his childhood in the Virginia gentry, his service in the state militia and Continental Army, and his work as a prominent lawyer, a Federalist, and a diplomat. ... Read more

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This digital document, covering the life and work of John David Marshall, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thomson Gale. The length of the entry is 1033 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

• Place and date of birth and death (if deceased)
• Family members
• Education
• Professional associations and honors
• Employment
• Writings, including books and periodicals
• A description of the author's work
• References to further readings about the author

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"A wonderful book that challenges the idea that the Court did nothing of importance prior to Marshall's appointment; . .&nbsp. it seems destined to become a staple source for the Court's first decade.
--Supreme Court Historical Society Quarterly

"This absorbing collection of essays . . . goes far toward filling a void in the literature on the early justices of the world's most significant tribunal."
--Law and Politics Book Review

"This creative and imaginative analysis of America's first national jurists is recommended for all students of Supreme Court history."
--Choice

"Professor Gerber's Seriatim is a genuinely welcome work, an imaginative one, and a distinctly needed one. The pre-Marshall period had all--too--long been neglected and when addressed at all, it was usually done in cursory, brief compass. Gerber has done a splendid job in securing experts to analyze the labors and persona of the ten pre-Marshall jurists on our highest bench, and his introduction to the essays is a model of synthesis and clarity."
--Henry J. Abraham, James Hart Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs, Emeritus, University of Virginia

"This useful collection of biographical essays, bracketed by splendid treatments of John Jay and Oliver Elsworth, goes a long way toward establishing that the first justices of the Supreme Court were an impressive collection of political and constitutional thinkers who did much, before and during their service on the Court, to construct the constitutional order."
--Mark Tushnet, Georgetown University Law Center

Seldom has American law seen a more towering figure than Chief Justice John Marshall. Indeed, Marshall is almost universally regarded as the "father of the Supreme Court" and "the jurist who started it all."

Yet even while acknowledging the indelible stamp Marshall put on the Supreme Court, it is possible--in fact necessary--to examine the pre-Marshall Court, and its justices, to gain a true understanding of the origins of American constitutionalism. The ten essays in this tightly edited volume were especially commissioned for the book, each by the leading authority on his or her particular subject. They examine such influential justices as John Jay, John Rutledge, William Cushing, James Wilson, John Blair, James Iredell, William Paterson, Samuel Chase, Oliver Ellsworth, and Bushrod Washington. The result is a fascinating window onto the origins of the most powerful court in the world, and on American constitutionalism itself. ... Read more

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Marshall, John. Servies, James Albert.A Bibliography of John Marshall. Washington: United States Commission for the Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of John Marshall, 1956. xix, 182 pp.Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-088239. ISBN 1-58477-083-X. Cloth. $65.Compiled by the reference librarian of the College of William and Mary as an official publication of the United States Commission for the bicentennial of Marshall's birth, this bibliography includes all of Marshall's known published documents arranged by year of composition,and selected, annotated references to printed materials about Marshall. AALS List 7 Biography, p. 24, A rated. ... Read more

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1892. Contents: parentage, youth, manhood; early literary and artistic efforts; first period of literary activity; second period of literary activity; social science; education; art; political economy; moral influences of Ruskin's writings; Ruskin's future rank as writer and teacher. ... Read more

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This is the third of a three-volume work constituting a comprehensive scholarly edition of the correspondence of the English economist, Alfred Marshall (1842-1924), one of the leading figures in the development of economics and the founder of the Cambridge School of Economics. The edition fills a long-standing gap in the history of economic thought with hitherto unpublished material. Students will find it a basic resource for understanding the development of economics and other social sciences in the period since 1870. In particular, it provides much new information about Marshall's views on economic, social and political issues, his struggles to promote the teaching of economics at the University of Cambridge, and his relations with colleagues in Cambridge and elsewhere. Marshall's letters are notable for their frankness and spontaneity. ... Read more

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At the close of 1830 John Marshall (1755-1835) had passed his seventy-fifth year and completed his third decade as chief justice of the United States. The preceding four years had been among the busiest of his long and active life. Between April 1827 and December 1830, Chief Justice Marshall delivered numerous circuit court opinions as well as six Supreme Court opinions that addressed issues of constitutional law. His travels on judicial business regularly took him from his Richmond home to Washington and to Raleigh. Marshall attended a convention on internal improvements in Charlottesville in July 1828, and he served as a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention in Richmond from October 1829 to mid-January 1830.

Continuing the acclaimed annotated edition of the papers of John Marshall, this volume sheds light not only on the great statesman and jurist's life and thought but on the evolution of American jurisprudence as well. ... Read more

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Rudko examines the eight years prior to John Marshall's appointment to the Supreme Court, and argues that the knowledge he brought to his 80 Court opinions involving international law was obtained in these years. Four episodes are carefully detailed, covering Marshall's argument before the Supreme Court as debtors' counsel in the case against pre-Revolutionary British creditors; his role in representing the United States in a critical diplomatic mission to France; his time spent in the House of Representatives; and his direction of U.S. foreign policy as Secretary of State. ... Read more

Reviews (3)

Interesting Portrait of SLA Marshall
I very much enjoyed this intimate examination of the family of SLA Marshall written by his grandson, John D. Marshall. JDM does a good job of presenting a 'warts and all' picture of his grandfather without lapsing into bitterness, especially considering how their relationship deteriorated. That having been said, I have no sympathy for JDM. JDM volunteered for ROTC in college and then volunteered for the infantry. If he had any doubts about Vietnam, he should not have joined ROTC or at least he should have picked a non-combat branch of the Army - like Quartermaster, Signals, or Adjutant General. From my point of view, he used ROTC to avoid the draft and they shirked his duty after he was commissioned.

very interesting
I thouroughly enjoyed this book. I have read a great many of slams books and greatly enjoyed his writing style. I also am very familiar with the other people in the book Hackworth,Westmoreland,truscott,etc.thats why i was so interested in it but aside from that, it is a great story of an american family torn apart by Vietnam as many families were.Really enjoyed learning all the history of slam as well.

Awful, inaccurate
Loserama. Another selfish, cowardly baby-boomer writes a long, tedious attempt at justifying his cowardice. Historically inaccurate to boot. Loserama. Skip this turkey ... Read more

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Frank Marshall Davis was a prominent poet, journalist, jazz critic, and civil rights activist on the Chicago and Atlanta scene from the 1920s through the 1940s. He was an intimate of Langston Hughes and Richard Wright and an influential editor at the Chicago Evening Bulletin, the Chicago Whip, the Chicago Star, and the Atlanta World. He renounced his writing career in 1948 and moved to Hawaii, forgotten until the Black Arts Movement rediscovered him in the 1960s. ... Read more