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The first Chief Justice : John Jay and the struggle of a new nation
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- ISBN: 9781438487854
- ISBN: 1438487878
- ISBN: 9781438487878
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Physical Description:
1 online resource : illustrations.
remote - Publisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2022]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Formative days in colonial New York -- Passing the rubicon : a key man in the birth of a nation -- Appointment as the Nation's first Chief Justice -- The Supreme Court's first argued case : West v. Barnes (1791) -- Grappling with the separation of powers : in re Hayburn (1792), plus ex parte Chandler and United States v Todd (unreported, 1794) -- Sovereign immunity and an impetus for the 11th Amendment : Chisholm v Georgia (1793) -- Resisting political pressure from the executive branch : Pagan v Hooper (1793) -- The Supreme Court's only reported jury trial and the supremacy of special jurors : the three appeals of Georgia v Brailsford (1792, 1793, and 1794) -- Trouble on the high seas : Glass v Sloop Betsey (1794) -- Efforts to criminally prosecute Chief Justice Jay : the citizen Genet affair -- Jay Court decisions of lesser note : Kingsley v Jenkins (1793), ex parte Martin (1793), and U.S. v Hopkins (1794) -- A final missionwhile Chief Justice -- After the Supreme Court -- History's verdict. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 04, 2022). |
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Electronic resources
- Baker & Taylor
"Chronicles the efforts of the first Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court to establish a federal court system during the country's uncertain early years"-- - Lightning Source, Inc. Ebooks
Chronicles the efforts of the first Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court to establish a federal court system during the country's uncertain early years. - Lightning Source, Inc. Ebooks
Finalist for the 2022 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the History Category
The first Chief Justice of the United States, John Jay faced many unique challenges. When the stability and success of the new nation were far from certain, a body of federalized American law had to be created from scratch. In The First Chief Justice, New York State Appellate Judge Mark C. Dillon uncovers, for the first time, how Jay's personal, educational, and professional experiencesâbefore, during, and after the Revolutionary Warâshaped both the establishment of the first system of federal courts from 1789 to 1795 and Jay's approach to deciding the earliest cases heard by the Supreme Court. Dillon takes us on a fascinating journey of a task accomplished by constant travel on horseback to the nation's far reaches, with Jay adeptly handling the Washington administration, Congress, lawyers, politicians, and judicial colleagues. The book includes the history of each of the nine cases decided by Jay when he was Chief Justice, many of which have proven with time to have enduring historical significance. The First Chief Justice will appeal to anyone interested in the establishment of the US federal court system and early American history.
