William E. Nelson's "The Fourteenth Amendment: From Political Principle to Judicial Doctrine" win the Littleton-Griswold Prize.
"William Nelson, the country's ablest legal historian, has written the most concise yet thoughtful analysis of the first great landmark case in the canon of American constitutional law. Nelson deftly situates Marbury in its own time while illuminating its continuing significance for our own era. This is a book from which scholars and students at every level will learn."--Jack N. Rakove, author of Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution "This deft and provocative study is at once an incisive history and a reflective meditation on the legitimacy of judicial review."--Charles F. Hobson, author of The Great Chief Justice: John Marshall and the Rule of Law "Well written, coherent, and accessible for students and general readers."--G. Edward White, author of The Marshall Court and Cultural Change
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