Joseph Story

Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.

"I have finished reading this great work Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, and wish it could be read by every statesman, and every would-be statesman in the United States. It is a comprehensive and an accurate commentary on our Constitution, formed in the spirit of the original text." --Chief Justice John Marshall (1833)Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States--with a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States Before the Adoption of the Constitution--Abridged by the Author for the Use of Colleges and High Schools was an abridgment by Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story of his own previously published three-volume work of 1833. Because this abridgment was required reading at many colleges, it became more popular than the original landmark of early American jurisprudence, which is still an important source about the forming of the American republic and about Story's defense of the power of the national government and economic liberty.

Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States Vol. II-with a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States Before the Adoption of the Constitution, written by Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story in three volumes, was first published in 1833, of which this edition is a replica.

Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States Vol. II-with a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States Before the Adoption of the Constitution, written by Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story in three volumes, was first published in 1833, of which this edition is a replica.

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Joseph Story's extensive narration of the United States Constitution is grounded in the social and political history of the text, and the meticulous researches of the author. This edition includes all of the author's notes. At over half a million words, the commentaries of Joseph Story upon the Constitution stands among most thorough ever written. Believing that the Constitution must be understood in multiple contexts, Story commences by presenting a history of the American Colonies - each is covered in turn, offering the reader cultural insight. The Revolutionary War was accompanied by the publication of the Articles of Confederation. These were a precursor to the Constitution of the USA, and Story examines the document accordingly. The establishment of a constitutional document is shown to be a defining and crucial trait of the incipient Republic, and Story demonstrates that from the outset the composition, formation and ratification processes were beset with differences of opinion and compromise.

Joseph Story's extensive narration of the United States Constitution is grounded in the social and political history of the text, and the meticulous researches of the author. This edition includes all of the author's notes. At over half a million words, the commentaries of Joseph Story upon the Constitution stands among most thorough ever written. Believing that the Constitution must be understood in multiple contexts, Story commences by presenting a history of the American Colonies - each is covered in turn, offering the reader cultural insight. The Revolutionary War was accompanied by the publication of the Articles of Confederation. These were a precursor to the Constitution of the USA, and Story examines the document accordingly. The establishment of a constitutional document is shown to be a defining and crucial trait of the incipient Republic, and Story demonstrates that from the outset the composition, formation and ratification processes were beset with differences of opinion and compromise.

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Justice Story's enormous influence on American law is demonstrated in this collection of his writings, edited by his son. Includes Story's autobiography that was written in the form of a fascinating long letter to his son, and many other articles, essays, lectures, and biographical sketches of judges and lawyers (including Chief Justice John Marshall and Associate Supreme Court Justice Bushrod Washington). Topics include a proposed course of legal study, maritime law, piracy and the slave trade, commercial law, codification of the common law and much more. Second expanded edition, the first edition having been compiled by Joseph Story in 1935 at the age of fifty seven. Originally published: Boston: C. C. Little and J. Brown, 1852. x, i], 828 pp.