The lawyers who made America : from Jamestown to the White House / / Anthony Arlidge QC

• Autore: Arlidge Anthony
• Pubblicazione: Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, , 2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (229 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 340.092/273
• Soggetto topico: Lawyers - United States; Lawyers - United States - History; Practice of law - United States - History
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The lawyers who made America
• ISBN: 1-5099-0637-1; 1-5099-0639-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826490603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II