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Author:
Goldstone, Lawrence, 1947-
Title:
The activist : John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, and the myth of judicial review / Lawrence Goldstone.
Publisher:
Walker & Co.,
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
viii, 294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Judicial review--United States--History.
Separation of powers--United States--History.
United States.--Supreme Court--History.
Marshall, John,--1755-1835.
Marbury, William,--1761 or 2-1835--Trials, litigation, etc.
Madison, James,--1751-1836--Trials, litigation, etc.
United States.--Constitutional Convention--(1787)
Notes:
Includes Index (p. [285]-294).
Summary:
Traces the events surrounding the 1803 legal decision regarding judicial review that ultimately gave the Supreme Court the right to determine how the Constitution and its laws are interpreted.
ISBN:
0802714889
9780802714886
LCCN:
2008017813
Locations:
N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

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