John Marshall.
By: Edited by Stanley I. Kutler.
Series: Great lives observed; A Spectrum book
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Published: 1972
Place of publication: Englewood Cliffs, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
Subjects: Marshall, John, 1755-1835
Description: This book presents Marshall's own words, the views of his contemporaries, and analyses in retrospect by leading historians and political scientists. In 1801 John Marshall became chief justice of a Supreme Court that was only vaguely endowed with power and generally held in low esteem. By the end of Marshall's thirty-four years of service, his judicial opinions had decisively established the Supreme Court's authority and special role in the American governmental system.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 174-176.