Washington's Heir
The Life of Justice Bushrod Washington
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- Kiadó OUP USA
- Megjelenés dátuma 2022. június 14.
- ISBN 9780190947040
- Kötéstípus Keménykötés
- Terjedelem296 oldal
- Méret 224x157x30 mm
- Súly 544 g
- Nyelv angol
- Illusztrációk 23 b/w halftones 212
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Rövid leírás:
Washington's Heir is the first published biography of Bushrod Washington, George Washington's nephew and a Supreme Court Justice for over thirty years. Justice Washington is one of the most underrated Founding Fathers. He was Chief Justice John Marshall's right-hand man in establishing the authority of the Supreme Court and wrote many influential opinions defining the fundamental rights of citizens and the structure of the Constitution. Justice Washington's remarkable life story and his secret journal shed new light on George Washington, John Marshall, the Constitution, and America's ongoing struggle to overcome its flaws and become a more perfect union.
TöbbHosszú leírás:
The first biography of George Washington's extraordinary nephew, who inherited Mount Vernon and was Chief Justice John Marshall's right-hand man on the Supreme Court for nearly thirty years.
George Washington's nephew and heir was a Supreme Court Justice for over thirty years and left an indelible mark on American law. Despite his remarkable life and notable lineage, he is unknown to most Americans because he cared more about establishing the rule of law than about personal glory.
In Washington's Heir, Gerard N. Magliocca gives us the first published biography of Bushrod Washington, one of the most underrated Founding Fathers. Born in 1762, Justice Washington fought in the Revolutionary War, served in Virginia's ratifying convention for the Constitution, and was Chief Justice John Marshall's partner in establishing the authority of the Supreme Court. Though he could only see from one eye, Justice Washington wrote many landmark decisions defining the fundamental rights of citizens and the structure of the Constitution, including Corfield v. Coryell--an influential source for the Congress that proposed the Fourteenth Amendment. As George Washington's personal heir, Bushrod inherited both Mount Vernon and the family legacy of owning other people, one of whom was almost certainly his half-brother or nephew. Yet Justice Washington alone among the Founders was criticized by journalists for selling enslaved people and, in turn, issued a public defence of his actions that laid bare the hypocrisy and cruelty of slavery.
An in-depth look at Justice Washington's extraordinary story that gives insight into his personal thoughts through his own secret journal, Washington's Heir sheds new light not only on George Washington, John Marshall, and the Constitution, but also on America's ongoing struggle to become a more perfect union.
Gerard Magliocca has a corner on illuminating the history of the Constitution through the stories of neglected but instructive historical figures. His Bushrod Washington enlivens our understanding of the Constitution in its first decades in action. Required reading for constitutional historians and for anyone who wants to understand the legal legacy of the Founding-and the long shadow of George Washington himself.
Tartalomjegyzék:
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Keeper of the Flame
Chapter One: Privilege and Courage
Chapter Two: An Apprentice and a Slave
Chapter Three: A Young Gentleman of Talents
Chapter Four: A Lawyer's Lawyer
Chapter Five: An Imperfect War
Chapter Six: The Marshall Court Begins
Chapter Seven: Master of Mount Vernon
Chapter Eight: Riding Circuit
Chapter Nine: The Supreme Court's Balance Wheel
Chapter Ten: Southern Gentlemen Understand
Chapter Eleven: Corfield v. Coryell
Chapter Twelve: A Long Judicial Life
Epilogue: Half-Blind Justice
Bibliography
Notes
Index
