John Marshall's Achievement: Law, Politics, and Constitutional Interpretations
This collection of essays, the result of a John Marshall Symposium held in conjunction with the state of West Virginia's celebration of the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, examines the contributions of John Marshall and the early Supreme Court from a variety of political and methodological perspectives that have been encouraged by current approaches to constitutional theory and history. It fills a gap in analysis of the constitutional foundations laid by the Marshall Court. It reflects the continuities and changes that have transpired in legal scholarship and political philosophy over the last three decades.

Divided into analyses of Marshall's legal decisions, his political philosophy, and his methods of legal interpretation, the essays represent a strong and healthy diversity of opinion on Marshall's contribution to American political and legal development. The essays consider the question of how Marshall's judicial reasoning can be best applied to the continuing process of interpreting the Constitution. Marshall's contributions thus become the starting point for an exercise in political engagement. While often celebrating Marshall's achievements, the contributors attempt to move beyond mere celebration toward a critical analysis of constitutional meaning and political philosophy. Legal scholars and historians alike will welcome this cogent collection and the insight it provides into the early development of constitutional thought and interpretation.

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John Marshall's Achievement: Law, Politics, and Constitutional Interpretations
This collection of essays, the result of a John Marshall Symposium held in conjunction with the state of West Virginia's celebration of the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, examines the contributions of John Marshall and the early Supreme Court from a variety of political and methodological perspectives that have been encouraged by current approaches to constitutional theory and history. It fills a gap in analysis of the constitutional foundations laid by the Marshall Court. It reflects the continuities and changes that have transpired in legal scholarship and political philosophy over the last three decades.

Divided into analyses of Marshall's legal decisions, his political philosophy, and his methods of legal interpretation, the essays represent a strong and healthy diversity of opinion on Marshall's contribution to American political and legal development. The essays consider the question of how Marshall's judicial reasoning can be best applied to the continuing process of interpreting the Constitution. Marshall's contributions thus become the starting point for an exercise in political engagement. While often celebrating Marshall's achievements, the contributors attempt to move beyond mere celebration toward a critical analysis of constitutional meaning and political philosophy. Legal scholars and historians alike will welcome this cogent collection and the insight it provides into the early development of constitutional thought and interpretation.

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John Marshall's Achievement: Law, Politics, and Constitutional Interpretations

John Marshall's Achievement: Law, Politics, and Constitutional Interpretations

by Thomas Shevory
John Marshall's Achievement: Law, Politics, and Constitutional Interpretations

John Marshall's Achievement: Law, Politics, and Constitutional Interpretations

by Thomas Shevory

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This collection of essays, the result of a John Marshall Symposium held in conjunction with the state of West Virginia's celebration of the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, examines the contributions of John Marshall and the early Supreme Court from a variety of political and methodological perspectives that have been encouraged by current approaches to constitutional theory and history. It fills a gap in analysis of the constitutional foundations laid by the Marshall Court. It reflects the continuities and changes that have transpired in legal scholarship and political philosophy over the last three decades.

Divided into analyses of Marshall's legal decisions, his political philosophy, and his methods of legal interpretation, the essays represent a strong and healthy diversity of opinion on Marshall's contribution to American political and legal development. The essays consider the question of how Marshall's judicial reasoning can be best applied to the continuing process of interpreting the Constitution. Marshall's contributions thus become the starting point for an exercise in political engagement. While often celebrating Marshall's achievements, the contributors attempt to move beyond mere celebration toward a critical analysis of constitutional meaning and political philosophy. Legal scholars and historians alike will welcome this cogent collection and the insight it provides into the early development of constitutional thought and interpretation.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780313264771
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 08/22/1989
Series: Contributions in Legal Studies , #51
Pages: 239
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

THOMAS C. SHEVORY is Assistant Professor of Politics at Ithaca College. He has contributed articles to The Jourbanal of Health Politics, Policy and Law and Political Mythology and Popular Culture (Greenwood Press, 1987).

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Judicial Decision
The Marshall Court and the Making of Constitutional Democracy
Federal Union, Property, and the Contract Clause: John Marshall's Thought in Light of Sturges v. Crowninshield and Ogden v. Saunders
John Marshall and His Court: Applied Behavioral Jurisprudence
Political Theory
John Marshall as Republican: Order and Conflict in American Political History
John Marshall on History, Virtue, and Legality
Marshall v. Jefferson: Beyond "Sanctimonious Reverence" for a "Sacred" Law
Interpretive Practice
McCulloch and "The Dilemmas of Liberal Constitutionalism"
Political Epistemology: John Marshall's Propositions for Modern Constitutional Law
John Marshall and the Interpretation of the Constitution
Epistemology and Hermeneutics in the Constitutional Jurisprudence of John Marshall
Select Bibliography
Index

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