The First Chief Justice
John Jay and the Struggle of a New Nation
1st Edition
Published on 1. March 2022
336 pages
978-1-4384-8787-8 (ISBN)
Description
Chronicles the efforts of the first Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court to establish a federal court system during the country's uncertain early years.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basel/Berlin/Boston
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
Total Illustrations: 42
Total Illustrations: 42
ISBN-13
978-1-4384-8787-8 (9781438487878)
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09/2022
State University of New York Press
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Person
Mark C. Dillon is Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court (Second Judicial Department).
Content
List of Illustrations
Preface
1. Formative Days in Colonial New York
2. Passing the Rubicon: A Key Man in the Birth of a Nation
3. Appointment as the Nation's First Chief Justice
4. The Supreme Court's First Argued Case: West v. Barnes (1791)
5. Grappling with the Separation of Powers: In Re Hayburn (1792), plus Ex Parte Chandler and United States v Todd (unreported, 1794)
6. Sovereign Immunity and an Impetus for the 11th Amendment: Chisholm v Georgia (1793)
7. Resisting Political Pressure from the Executive Branch: Pagan v Hooper (1793)
8. The Supreme Court's Only Reported Jury Trial and the Supremacy of Special Jurors: The Three Appeals of Georgia v Brailsford (1792, 1793, and 1794)
9. Trouble on the High Seas: Glass v Sloop Betsey (1794)
10. Efforts to Criminally Prosecute Chief Justice Jay: The Citizen Genet Affair
11. Jay Court Decisions of Lesser Note: Kingsley v Jenkins (1793), Ex Parte Martin (1793), and U.S. v Hopkins (1794)
12. A Final Mission While Chief Justice
13. After the Supreme Court
14. History's Verdict
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Preface
1. Formative Days in Colonial New York
2. Passing the Rubicon: A Key Man in the Birth of a Nation
3. Appointment as the Nation's First Chief Justice
4. The Supreme Court's First Argued Case: West v. Barnes (1791)
5. Grappling with the Separation of Powers: In Re Hayburn (1792), plus Ex Parte Chandler and United States v Todd (unreported, 1794)
6. Sovereign Immunity and an Impetus for the 11th Amendment: Chisholm v Georgia (1793)
7. Resisting Political Pressure from the Executive Branch: Pagan v Hooper (1793)
8. The Supreme Court's Only Reported Jury Trial and the Supremacy of Special Jurors: The Three Appeals of Georgia v Brailsford (1792, 1793, and 1794)
9. Trouble on the High Seas: Glass v Sloop Betsey (1794)
10. Efforts to Criminally Prosecute Chief Justice Jay: The Citizen Genet Affair
11. Jay Court Decisions of Lesser Note: Kingsley v Jenkins (1793), Ex Parte Martin (1793), and U.S. v Hopkins (1794)
12. A Final Mission While Chief Justice
13. After the Supreme Court
14. History's Verdict
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
