Bibliograph

Without precedent, John Marshall and his times, Joel Richard Paul

Type

Label

Without precedent, John Marshall and his times, Joel Richard Paul

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-488) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Without precedent

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

986523601

Responsibility statement

Joel Richard Paul

Sub title

John Marshall and his times

Summary

A portrait of the influential chief justice, statesman, and diplomat illuminates his pivotal role in the establishment of the Constitution and Supreme Court and recounts his work as an advisor to multiple presidents

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- The frontier soldier -- A revolutionary capital -- Debating the Constitution -- Slaves and hypocrites -- Innocence lost -- Citizen Genet -- Entangling alliances -- Jay's treaty -- Talleyrand -- Not a sixpence -- Love and war -- Tossed into the Seine -- The XYZ papers -- The Jonathan Robbins affair -- Privateers and pirates -- The new order of things -- Showdown -- A strategic retreat -- Prizes of war -- High crimes -- Treason -- Estrangement -- The meaning of sovereignty -- Washington burning -- Friends and enemies -- The supreme law -- The pirate lottery -- The great steamboat case -- Public and private -- Right remains with the strongest -- An extravagant pretense -- In the conqueror's court -- A union prolonged by miracles

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