03289nam 22004931 450 991079274370332120200514202323.01-5099-0637-11-5099-0639-810.5040/9781509906376(CKB)3710000001086237(MiAaPQ)EBC4813158(OCoLC)967457040(UtOrBLW)bpp09260737(EXLCZ)99371000000108623720170524d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe lawyers who made America from Jamestown to the White House /Anthony Arlidge QCPortland, Oregon :Hart Publishing,2017.1 online resource (229 pages) illustrations1-5099-0636-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 ConstitutionNo 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 democracyLawyersUnited StatesBiographyLawyersUnited StatesHistoryPractice of lawUnited StatesHistoryLegal historyLawyersLawyersHistory.Practice of lawHistory.340.092/273Arlidge Anthony1514318UtOrBLWUtOrBLWUkLoBPBOOK9910792743703321The lawyers who made America3749342UNINA