Beschreibung:
Foundations of Power, the second volume of the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise History of the Supreme Court, surveys the Court during the first fourteen years of John Marshall's tenure.
Part I: Preface; 1. The state of the union; 2. The posture of American politics in 1801: the clash of ideologies and the roots of political allegiance; 3. The court in Washington; 4. The federal judicial system - 1801-1802; 5. Jefferson's attack on the federal judiciary; 6. Marbury v. Madison; 7. Impeachment; 8. Habeas corpus, treason, and the trial of Aaron Burr; 9. Executive power and the judiciary: the embargo; 10. States' rights and the national judiciary; Part II: 1. Introduction: the business of the court; 2. Illegal trade and prize cases; 3. Marine insurance and instance cases; 4. The articulation of American nationality; 5. International law and the Supreme Court; 6. Business enterprise and the Supreme Court; 7. Public land policy and the Supreme Court; 8. Jurisdiction and procedure of federal courts and the federal common law of crimes; 9. Conclusion.