The lawyers who made America : from Jamestown to the White House

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The lawyers who made America : from Jamestown to the White House

Anthony Arlidge

Hart Pub., 2017

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-206) and index

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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.

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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

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