The failure of the founding fathers : Jefferson, Marshall, and the rise of presidential democracy

The failure of the founding fathers : Jefferson, Marshall, and the rise of presidential democracy / Bruce Ackerman.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ackerman, Bruce A.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007.
Edition:	1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
Subjects:	Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826. Marshall, John, > 1755-1835. Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826 Marshall, John, > 1755-1835 United States. > Supreme Court > History. United States. > Supreme Court 1797-1809 Presidents > United States > History. Constitutional history > United States. Federal government > United States > History. Separation of powers > United States > History. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National. HISTORY > United States > 19th Century. Constitutional history Federal government Politics and government Presidents Separation of powers United States > Politics and government > 1801-1809. United States > Politics and government > 1797-1801. United States History
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Table of Contents:

The people's president: Introduction: America on the brink. The original misunderstanding. John Marshall for president. Jefferson counts himself in. On the brink. What went right?
The people and the court: Introduction: constitutional brinksmanship. Federalist counterattack. Republican triumph. Marbury v. Stuart. Presidential purge. Synthesis. Reverberations
Documents: Horatius's presidential knot. Judge Bassett's protest.