The lawyers who made America : from Jamestown to the White House / Anthony Arlidge QC.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arlidge, Anthony, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lawyers--United States--Biography.

Lawyers.

Lawyers--United States--History.

Practice of law--United States--History.

Practice of law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

No other nation's creation, both politically and socially, owes such a debt to lawyers as the United States of America. This book traces the story of that creation through the human lives of those who played important parts in it: amongst others, of English lawyers who established the form of the original colonies; of the Founding Fathers, who declared independence and created a Constitution; of Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, Justices of the Supreme Court and finally Barack Obama. Even Richard Nixon features, if only as a reminder that even the President is subject to the law. The author combines his wide legal experience and engaging writing style to produce a book that will enthral lawyers and laymen alike, giving perhaps a timely reminder of the importance of the rule of law to American democracy

Contents:

1. Prologue: Walter Raleigh

2. Maps and Explorers: Richard Hakluyt

3. The Virginia Company: John Popham

4. Democracy: Edwyn Sandys

5. Religion and Liberty: Nathaniel Ward

6. Toleration: Cecil Calvert and William Penn

7. Representation: James Otis Junior

8. The Common Law: William Blackstone

9. Penman of the Revolution: John Dickinson

10. Revolution: John Adams

11. Independence: Thomas Jefferson

12. Constitution: John Rutledge

13. Bill of Rights: Roger Sherman and James Madison

14. Nationhood: Alexander Hamilton

15. Consolidation: John Marshall

16. Slavery Abolished: Abraham Lincoln

17. The World Stage: Woodrow Wilson

18. Legal Dynamism: Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior and Louis Brandeis

19. Social Intervention: Earl Warren

20. The President Under the Law: Archibald Cox and Richard Nixon

21. The Glass Ceiling: Sandra O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg

22. Epilogue: Barack Obama

Appendix: First Fourteen Amendments to the United States Constitution

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781509906376

1509906371

9781509906390

1509906398

OCLC:

967457040