The activist : John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, and the myth of judicial review
Title:
The activist : John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, and the myth of judicial review
Author:
Goldstone, Lawrence, 1947-
ISBN:
9780802714886
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Walker, 2008.
Physical Description:
viii, 294 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Creating a judiciary -- "The weakest of the three" -- Making the Court supreme.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Gift - John D. Fassett.