The Lawyers Who Made America: From Jamestown to the White House

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The Lawyers Who Made America: From Jamestown to the White House

By Anthony Arlidge
Hart Publishing April 2017

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ISBN-13
9781509906369
Publisher
Hart Publishing
Publication
April 2017
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.S. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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No other nation's construction, both politically and socially, owes such a debt to lawyers as the United States of America. From the founding fathers to its first black president, lawyers have been present at and central to key points in its history.

This book explores exactly who those lawyers are and the contribution they made. Raleigh, Jefferson, Wilson, Roosevelt and Obama are all examined and assessed. The author combines his wide legal experience and engaging writing style to produce a book that will enthral both lawyers and laymen.

Table of Contents

Foreword ;
Preface
Timeline;
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 Ginsberg
22. Epilogue: Barak Obama
Appendix: First Fourteen Ammendments to the United States Constitution
Bibliography
Index
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