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Author Casto, William R., 1946-

Title The Supreme Court in the early republic : the chief justiceships of John Jay and Oliver Ellsworth / by William R. Casto
Published Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Series Chief justiceships of the United States Supreme Court
Chief justiceships of the United States Supreme Court.
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Creating the Court -- Federal Courts' Subject-Matter Jurisdiction -- Judicial Appointments -- Good Behavior and Compensation -- Judicial Review -- Nonjudicial Duties -- Looking to the Future -- 2. Judiciary Act of 1789 -- Drafting the Judiciary Act -- Opposition to the Federal Courts -- Seeds of a Compromiss -- Limiting the Supreme Court's Jurisdiction -- Federal Trial Courts: Admiralty Jurisdiction -- Shaping the Compromise on Federal Trial Courts -- Congress Accepts Ellsworth's Compromise -- Congressional Instrumentalism -- 3. Selecting the Justices and Initial Operations -- First Nominees -- Assessing Washington's Nomination Criteria -- 4. National Security Court -- Nootka Sound Crisis -- Relations with France and Great Britain -- Neutrality Proclamation -- Treaty of Alliance and the Correspondence of the Justices -- Admiralty Jurisdiction Î
Summary An insightful look at the first Supreme Court and the controversies that surrounded the judicial body
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Jay, John, 1745-1829.
Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807.
SUBJECT Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807 fast
Jay, John, 1745-1829 fast
Subject United States. Supreme Court -- History -- 18th century
SUBJECT United States. Supreme Court fast
Subject Political questions and judicial power -- United States -- History -- 18th century
LAW -- Government -- Federal.
LAW -- Legal History.
Political questions and judicial power
Politics and government
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140415
Subject United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781611171693
1611171695
1611171474
9781611171471