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100 1 $aSmith, Jean Edward.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87839130
245 10 $aJohn Marshall :$bdefiner of a nation /$cJean Edward Smith.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bH. Holt & Co.,$c1996.
300 $axi, 736 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $a"A Marian Wood book."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tMarshall's Virginia Heritage --$tSoldier of the Revolution --$tStudent and Suitor --$tHusband, Lawyer, Legislator --$tThe Fight for Ratification --$tAt the Richmond Bar --$tVirginia Federalist --$tMission to Paris (The XYZ Affair) --$tTo Congress from Richmond --$tSecretary of State --$tOpinion of the Court --$tThe Gathering Storm --$tMarbury v. Madison --$tThe Center Holds --$tTreason Defined --$tYazoo --$t"A Band of Brothers" --$tNational Supremacy --$tSteamboats --$tThe Chief Justice and Old Hickory.
520 $aWhen, in 1801, John Marshall became Chief Justice of the United States, the Supreme Court was little more than a clause in the Constitution and a gaggle of conflicting opinions. For the next thirty-five years, Marshall was to mold the Court into a major force. Under his leadership, it learned to speak with one voice, becoming a powerful and respected third branch of government.
520 8 $aIt enunciated the principle of judicial review, established itself as the arbiter of constitutional authority, and affirmed the Constitution as an instrument of the people, not of the states. As a result, the implied powers of the federal government took on definition, the workings of the national government gained authority, and the economic system was made viable through a sophisticated understanding of the commerce clause. In truth, if George Washington founded the nation, John Marshall defined it.
520 8 $a.
520 8 $aBut who was this son of yeoman Virginia stock, this soldier who endured the terrible suffering at Valley Forge, this lawyer who was a moving force behind Virginia's ratification of the Constitution, this diplomat who outwitted Talleyrand and thereby raised the profile of a raw young country in the capitals of Europe?
520 8 $aConfidant of presidents, friend to the founding fathers, statesman, envoy, and legislator: who was this man who gave up a flourishing legal practice to take on the thankless task of shaping the Court and went on to make it into the institution we see today?
520 8 $aWorking from primary sources, Jean Edward Smith draws an elegant portrait of this remarkable man. Lawyer, jurist, scholar; soldier, comrade, friend; and, most especially, lover of fine Madeira, good food, and animated table talk: the Marshall who emerges from this book is as noteworthy for his very human qualities as for his piercing intellect, and perhaps most extraordinary for his talents as a leader of men and a molder of consensus.
600 10 $aMarshall, John,$d1755-1835.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80067096
650 0 $aJudges$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009127943
610 10 $aUnited States.$bSupreme Court$vBiography.
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