The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800: Volume 6 / Edition 6

by Maeva Marcus

Overview

Volume 6 covers the beginnings of federal admiralty and equity jurisprudence, habeas corpus, judicial review, forreign affairs, and the relationship between the national judiciary and state courts. Also included is an appendix of documents pertaining to the question of whether the Supreme Court could issue advisory opinions at the request of the executive branch. A narrative history introduces each case, and the documents are arranged chronologically thereafter. The texts of many of them had to be reconstructed from originals that were severely damaged or written in shorthand. Taken from official court records, as well as related correspondence, lawyers' notes, justices' notes and opinions, newspaper commentary, and pamphlets, these documents provide critical material with which to assess the initial development of federal court practice and procedure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231088732
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	10/14/1998
Series:	Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800 , #6
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	852
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

1. West v. Barnes;

2. Collet v. Collet;

3. Hayburn's Case;

4. Georgia v. Brailsford;

5. Kingsley v. Jenkins;

6. Ex Parte Martin;

7. Pagan v. Hooper;

8. Ex Parte Chandler;

9. Glass v. Sloop Betsey;

10. United States v. Hopkins;

11. United States v. Yale Todd;

12. Penhallow v. Doane's Administrators;

13. United States v. Laurance;

14. Bingham v. Cabot I;

15. Talbot v. Jansen;

16. United States v. Peters;

What People are Saying About This

Erwin N. Griswold

Carefully edited and evaluted to assure... accuracy. These volumes will serve as a quarry for all future work on the early days of the Supreme Court.

— Erwin N. Griswold, Dean Emeritus, Harvard Law School and former Solicitor General of the United States

Editorial Reviews

An outstanding contribution to scholarship.

Constitutional Commentary

Continues the series compiling primary material for studying the first decade of the court. Volume Six deals with the suits brought from 1790 to 1795 except Chisholm v. Georgia and other suits against states, which are the subject of Volume Five. It covers the beginnings of federal admiralty and equity jurisprudence, habeas corpus, judicial review, foreign affairs, and the relationship between the national judiciary and state courts. For each case, a narrative history is followed by the relevant documents in chronological order, many recovered from damaged manuscripts or written in shorthand. In addition to official court records, they include correspondence, notes by lawyers and justices, newspaper commentary, and pamphlets. An appendix presents documents pertaining to the questions of whether the Supreme Court could issue advisory opinions at the request of the executive branch. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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