Alexander Hamilton and the Development of American Law

Author： Brown Kate Elizabeth

Publisher： University Press of Kansas‎

Publication year： 2017

E-ISBN: 9780700624812

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780700624805

Subject： D91 Legal departments;D911 国家法、宪法;D922.291.91 企业法、公司法;K7 Americas History

Keyword：企业法、公司法,法学各部门,国家法、宪法,美洲史

Language： ENG

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Description

The history of Alexander Hamilton's legal career and how he had a unique and formative influence over the development of American law at both the state and federal levels. The book explores both Hamilton's legal practice, as well as how early republican jurists adapted Hamiltonian legal principles into a distinctly American, republican jurisprudence throughout the nineteenth century.

Chapter

Introduction: Alexander Hamilton, Lawyer and Lawmaker

1. Creating the Federal Magistracy: Discretionary Power and the Energetic Executive

2. Administrative Accommodation in the Federal Magistracy

3. Creating the “Commercial Republic”: Neutrality and Law in the American Courts

4. Developing the Jurisprudence of Federalism: Hamilton’s Defense of Federal Fiscal Powers

5. “A Most Valuable Auxiliary”: Securing Foreign Capital with the Law of the Land

6. Litigation, Liberty, and the Law: Hamilton’s Common Law Rights Strategy

Conclusion: The Federalist

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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