
Book contents
- “To Save the People from Themselves”
- Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
- “To Save the People from Themselves”
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One Legislatures and Legislation under the First American Constitutions
- Part Two The Emergence of American Judicial Review: 1779–1787
- I The Emergence of American Judicial Review, 1779–1782
- II The Emergence of American Judicial Review, 1784–1787: Developing Judicial Review as a Check on Legislatures and on the People
- Part Three Judicial Review at the Federal Convention
- Index
I - The Emergence of American Judicial Review, 1779–1782
from Part Two - The Emergence of American Judicial Review: 1779–1787
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 September 2021
- “To Save the People from Themselves”
- Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
- “To Save the People from Themselves”
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One Legislatures and Legislation under the First American Constitutions
- Part Two The Emergence of American Judicial Review: 1779–1787
- I The Emergence of American Judicial Review, 1779–1782
- II The Emergence of American Judicial Review, 1784–1787: Developing Judicial Review as a Check on Legislatures and on the People
- Part Three Judicial Review at the Federal Convention
- Index
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- 'To Save the People from Themselves'The Emergence of American Judicial Review and the Transformation of Constitutions, pp. 149 - 214Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021