The great decision : Jefferson, Adams, Marshall, and the battle for the Supreme Court / Cliff Sloan and David McKean. by Sloan, Cliff

Table of Contents: “…"This gigantic abortion" -- John Adams defeated -- The rise of the cousins: a new chief justice and a new president -- The midnight judges -- President Jefferson -- The battle lines are drawn -- Marbury files suit -- The firestorm -- Trial in the Supreme Court -- Deliberation -- Decision -- The meaning of Marbury -- Marbury v. …”
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The case of Rose Bird : gender, politics, and the California courts / Kathleen A. Cairns. by Cairns, Kathleen A., 1946-

Table of Contents: “…The Most Innovative Judiciary; 4. Becoming Chief Justice; 5. Hail to the Chief; 6. Disorder in the Court; 7. …”
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Rhetoric and discourse in Supreme Court oral arguments : sensemaking in judicial decisions / by Ryan A. Malphurs. by Malphurs, Ryan A., 1980-

Table of Contents: “…1. A letter to the Chief Justice of the United States -- 2. Historical development of legal rhetoric and Supreme Court oral arguments -- 3. …”
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Earl Warren : a Public Life. by White, G. Edward

Table of Contents: “…Board of Education; 7: Reacting to Felix Frankfurter; 8: The Warren Commission; PART THREE: THE CHIEF JUSTICE: JURIST; 9: Warren's Theory of Judging; 10: Lessons in Civics; 11: "A Right to Maintain a Decent Society."…”
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Tim Carmody Affair : Australia's Greatest Judicial Crisis. by Ananian-Welsh, Rebecca

Table of Contents: “…The search for the next Chief Justice -- 3. 'Friend of foe?' -- 4. Carmody versus the Supreme Court -- 5. …”
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The Judicial branch Cambridge Educational (Firm).

Table of Contents: “…Interpreting the Constitution (1:10) -- The Origins of the Judicial Branch (2:36) -- The District Courts (2:13) -- The Supreme Court (1:27) -- Chief Justice (2:06) -- How Cases are Heard (2:10) -- Supreme Court Opinions (3:32) -- The State Court System (1:19) -- Judicial Review (3:11)…”
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Against judicial activism : the decline of freedom and democracy in Canada / Rory Leishman. by Leishman, Rory, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Introduction -- Judicial Activism versus the Rule of Law -- Gay Rights Trump Freedom of Religion -- Trust Not in the Charter -- How Human Rights Commissions Suppress Our Freedom -- How Our Judges Have Become Politicians -- Escalating Judicial Attack on Christians -- The Chief Justice Defends Judicial Supremacy -- Reviving Parliamentary Democracy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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John Jefferson Bray : a vigilant life / John Emerson ; foreword by Michael Kirby. by Emerson, John

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title page; Imprint and copyright page; Contents; Acknoweldgements; Foreword; Prologue; Chapter 1 Athens, 1974; Chapter 2 Pocahontas; Chapter 3 Adelaide, 1912; Chapter 4 Bacchus; Chapter 5 Voyage; Chapter 6 Papinian; Chapter 7 Silk; Chapter 8 Charles Jury dies; Chapter 9 Watershed 1959; Chapter 10 Defending Rupert Murdoch; Chapter 11 The Poet Lawyer; Chapter 12 The Last Man Hanged in South Australia; Chapter 13 Dunstan's Choice; Chapter 14 Chief Justice 1967-1978; Chapter 15 The Dramatic Dunstan Decade; Chapter 16 For Better or For Worse.…”
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The psychology of the Supreme Court / Lawrence S. Wrightsman. by Wrightsman, Lawrence S.

Table of Contents: “…Gore Decision -- How Individual Justices Affect Decisions -- The Chief Justice: More Influential than Other Justices? …”
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The transformation of American abolitionism : fighting slavery in the early Republic / Richard S. Newman. by Newman, Richard S.

Table of Contents: “…A Whole Lot of Shoe Leather; Epilogue: The Struggle Continued; Appendix 1: Letters from Maryland Slaveholders to Judge William Tilghman, Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court; Appendix 2: Maps; Notes.…”
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Empire of liberty : a history of the early Republic, 1789-1815 / Gordon S. Wood. by Wood, Gordon S.

Table of Contents: “…Rip Van Winkle's America -- Experiment in republicanism -- A monarchical republic -- The Federalist program -- The emergence of the Jeffersonian Republican party -- The French Revolution in America -- John Adams and the few and the many -- The crisis of 1798-1799 -- The Jeffersonian revolution of 1800 -- Republican society -- The Jeffersonian West -- Law and an independent judiciary -- Chief Justice John Marshall and the origins of judicial review -- Republican reforms -- Between slavery and freedom -- The rising glory of America -- Republican religion -- Republican diplomacy -- The War of 1812 -- A world within themselves.…”
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McCulloch v. Maryland WQED Multimedia.

Table of Contents: “…Federal Bank (3:20) -- State's Right to Tax Federal Bank (2:16) -- Constitutionality of Federal Bank (4:28) -- Supreme Court's Deliberation Over Federal Bank (4:15) -- Government's Implied Rights Under the Constitution (2:33) -- States' Rights Loses Some Powers to Federal Government (3:20) -- Chief Justice: Interpretation of the Constitution (2:18) -- Central Authority of Federal Government (1:23)…”
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Lord Mansfield : justice in the age of reason / Norman S. Poser. by Poser, Norman S., 1928-

Table of Contents: “…Part Two : Justice in the Age of Reason. Chief justice of the Court of King's Bench -- Commerce and industry -- Freedom of the press -- Crime and punishment -- Betting and lending -- Slavery and the Somerset Case -- The American Revolution -- Protecting authors and inventors -- Women and marriage -- Religious Freedom -- The Gordon Riots -- Last years -- Epilogue : Lord Mansvield's legacy.…”
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Rivals and Friends.

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Burger Court : Counter-Revolution or Confirmation?. by Schwartz, Bernard

Table of Contents: “…Federalism; II: A BROADER PERSPECTIVE; 13. Chief Justice Warren E. Burger and the Legal Profession.…”
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Sunflower Justice : a New History of the Kansas Supreme Court. by Lee, R. Alton

Table of Contents: “…The Kingman Court; 2. The Chief Justice as Politician; 3. The Populist Interlude; 4. …”
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America in 1857 : a nation on the brink / Kenneth M. Stampp. by Stampp, Kenneth M. (Kenneth Milton)

Table of Contents: “…The President, the Chief Justice, and a Slave Named Scott""; ""5. The Heart of the Matter: Slavery and Sectionalism""; ""6. …”
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American political leaders, 1789-2005.

Table of Contents: “…Presidents -- Vice presidents -- Cabinet members -- Supreme Court justices -- Members of Congress -- Governors -- Appendix : Party abbreviations -- U.S. presidents and vice presidents -- Cabinet members and chief justices, 1789-2005 -- Political party affiliations in Congress and the presidency, 1789-2005 -- Sessions of the U.S. …”
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Supreme Court Decisions That Changed The Nation: Marbury Vs Madison.

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Thomas Ewing Jr. : frontier lawyer and Civil War general / Ronald D. Smith. by Smith, Ronald D., 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Part One: Hardscrabble; 1 The Judgment of Heaven on a Country; 2 LE GRAND DÉTOUR; 3 MORTGAGES, PRESS BOOKS, AND OFFICE BOYS; 4 MR. CHIEF JUSTICE AND A MAN NAMED LINCOLN; Part Two: They'd as Soon Fight the Devil as to Fight Kansas Men; 5 A WORLD WAS WATCHING; 6 EWING'S LIGHT ARTILLERY; 7 EXTERMINATE THEM, ROOT AND BRANCH; 8 THE VISIBLE INTERPOSITION OF GOD; 9 THERMOPYLAE OF THE WEST; Part Three: The Politics of Money; 10 DR. …”
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