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The American Revolution In The Law

Anglo-American Jurisprudence before John Marshall

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  • © 1990

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Authors:
  1. Shannon C. Stimson

    1. Harvard University, USA

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Revolutions and Conceptual Change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Political Thought and Historical Problematics

      • Shannon C. Stimson
      Pages 3-9

    3. Historical Transformations and Legal Legacies

      • Shannon C. Stimson
      Pages 10-33

    4. Juries and American Revolutionary Jurisprudence

      • Shannon C. Stimson
      Pages 34-66

  3. From Judicial Space to Judicial Review Four Perspectives on the Power of Judgment in American Politics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
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    2. Locating the ‘Voice of the People’

      • Shannon C. Stimson
      Pages 69-85

    3. Law in the Context of Continuous Revolution

      • Shannon C. Stimson
      Pages 86-105

    4. The Politics of Judicial Space

      • Shannon C. Stimson
      Pages 106-136

    5. Government by Discussion: Continuing Debate over Judicial Space

      • Shannon C. Stimson
      Pages 137-148

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 149-228
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This study of the political and legal thought of the American Revolution and founding period explores the differences in the perceptions of judicial and jural power that characterized the conditions of law in late 18th century America, as compared to her British counterparts.

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  • Harvard University, USA

    Shannon C. Stimson

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