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• ISBN: 0674018664 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• ISBN: 9780674018662 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• Physical Description: 384 p. ; 25 cm.
• Publisher: Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c2005.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1: The people's president -- American on the brink -- The original misunderstanding -- John Marshall for president -- Jefferson counts himself in -- On the brink -- What went right? -- 2: The people and the court -- Constitutional brinksmanship -- Federalist counterattack -- Republican triumph -- Marbury v. Stuart -- Presidential purge -- Synthesis -- Reverberations -- Documents: Horatius's presidential knot -- Judge Bassett's protest.

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United States > Politics and government > 1801-1809.
United States > Politics and government > 1797-1801.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Marshall, John, 1755-1835.
Presidents > United States > History.
United States. Supreme Court > History.
Constitutional history > United States.
Federal government > United States > History.
Separation of powers > United States > History.
Presidentschap.
Staatsrecht.