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Autore |
Arlidge Anthony |
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The lawyers who made America : from Jamestown to the White House / / Anthony Arlidge QC |
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Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, , 2017 |
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1-5099-0637-1 |
1-5099-0639-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (229 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Lawyers - United States |
Lawyers - United States - History |
Practice of law - United States - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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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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