Shows how Chief Justice Marshall's childhood, military service, and his experiences as lawyer, legislator, politician, and diplomat shaped his character and influenced his constitutional views and eventual leadership of the Supreme Court.
Prologue: Appointment Childhood in the Frontier Gentry, 1755-1774 The Revolutionary War Experience, 1774-1781 Lawyer and Lawmaker in the Old Dominion, 1781-1787 Virginia Nationalist, 1787-1791 Southern Federalist (I), 1791-1797 Diplomatic Interlude: The XYZ Mission, 1797-1798 Southern Federalist (II), 1798-1801 Chief Justice, 1801-1835 Bibliography
DAVID ROBARGE is a historian with the Central Intelligence Agency, where he has also worked as a political analyst./e Prior to that he worked on the staff of David Rockefeller and at the Gannett Center for Media Studies at Columbia University. He has taught history at both Columbia and George Mason Universities.
.,."the author has produced a richly detailed picture of Marshall's
own life and the myriad events and personalities that shaped his
world."-Journal of Southern History
.,."thorough and sensible...scholarship, with copious endnotes sure
to lead the serious Marshall student to a wealth of additional
information."-History: Reviews of New Books
.,."I would suggest that any serious student of the
post-revolutionary period take a look at this book. It is
meticulously researched, clearly-written, well-argued and engaging;
definitive evidence, if any were needed, that John Marshall's life
and work continues to be an important and potentially interesting
subject for historical analysis."-The Law and Politics
?...the author has produced a richly detailed picture of Marshall's
own life and the myriad events and personalities that shaped his
world.?-Journal of Southern History
?...thorough and sensible...scholarship, with copious endnotes sure
to lead the serious Marshall student to a wealth of additional
information.?-History: Reviews of New Books
?...I would suggest that any serious student of the
post-revolutionary period take a look at this book. It is
meticulously researched, clearly-written, well-argued and engaging;
definitive evidence, if any were needed, that John Marshall's life
and work continues to be an important and potentially interesting
subject for historical analysis.?-The Law and Politics
?[a] valuable illumination of Marshall as a politician and lawyer
in the early Republic--it is also of great significance for
understanding the process of choosing Supreme Court
nominees.?-H-Net Reviews in the Humanities & Social Sciences
?Grounded in extensive research in both primary sources and the
vast historical and legal literature, this book ranks high among
the recent outpouring of monographs dealing with Marshall and the
Marshall Court....Not only is Robarge's study illumination of
Marshall as a politician an lawyer in the early Republic--it is
also of great significance for understanding the process of
choosing Supreme Court nominees.?-Virginia Libraries
?Robarge has provided a valuable service by recounting John
Marshall's biography up to the year he became chief justice of the
US Supreme Court...Robarge does a superb job.?-Choice
?This is a book long awaited....unquestionably the best scholarly
bioigraphy of "the great chief justice" yet to be published. As
such it demands immediate attention from anyone wishing to
understand Marshall or his impact on the Constitution and the U.S.
Supreme Court.?-The Journal of American History
?Working from the premise that a book focusing of John Marhsall's
life before his service on the U.S. Supreme Court fills a gap in
the voluminous literature on the man and the court he headed, the
author has sought to fill this opening...This is a scholar's book
in it's writing style, its historiographical context, and its
extensive documentation, and, as such, it is a welcome contribution
to the literature.?-The Historian
"�a� valuable illumination of Marshall as a politician and lawyer
in the early Republic--it is also of great significance for
understanding the process of choosing Supreme Court
nominees."-H-Net Reviews in the Humanities & Social Sciences
"[a] valuable illumination of Marshall as a politician and lawyer
in the early Republic--it is also of great significance for
understanding the process of choosing Supreme Court
nominees."-H-Net Reviews in the Humanities & Social Sciences
..."the author has produced a richly detailed picture of Marshall's
own life and the myriad events and personalities that shaped his
world."-Journal of Southern History
..."thorough and sensible...scholarship, with copious endnotes sure
to lead the serious Marshall student to a wealth of additional
information."-History: Reviews of New Books
..."I would suggest that any serious student of the
post-revolutionary period take a look at this book. It is
meticulously researched, clearly-written, well-argued and engaging;
definitive evidence, if any were needed, that John Marshall's life
and work continues to be an important and potentially interesting
subject for historical analysis."-The Law and Politics
"Robarge has provided a valuable service by recounting John
Marshall's biography up to the year he became chief justice of the
US Supreme Court...Robarge does a superb job."-Choice
"This is a book long awaited....unquestionably the best scholarly
bioigraphy of "the great chief justice" yet to be published. As
such it demands immediate attention from anyone wishing to
understand Marshall or his impact on the Constitution and the U.S.
Supreme Court."-The Journal of American History
"Working from the premise that a book focusing of John Marhsall's
life before his service on the U.S. Supreme Court fills a gap in
the voluminous literature on the man and the court he headed, the
author has sought to fill this opening...This is a scholar's book
in it's writing style, its historiographical context, and its
extensive documentation, and, as such, it is a welcome contribution
to the literature."-The Historian
"Grounded in extensive research in both primary sources and the
vast historical and legal literature, this book ranks high among
the recent outpouring of monographs dealing with Marshall and the
Marshall Court....Not only is Robarge's study illumination of
Marshall as a politician an lawyer in the early Republic--it is
also of great significance for understanding the process of
choosing Supreme Court nominees."-Virginia Libraries
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