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Marbury v. Madison (1803)
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Marbury v. Madison
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Judicial Review
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John Adams
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John Marshall
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James Madison
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William Marbury
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Commentary
Hacking the Law: Marbury v. Madison: Our First Legal Hack? A blog commentary on the case.
FindLaw: The 200th Anniversary of Marbury v. Madison: The Reasons We Should Still Care about the Decision, and the Lingering Questions it Left Behind A discussion of the case by Joel Grossman, professor of political science at the Johns Hopkins University.
Duke Law Journal: A Critical Guide to Marbury v. Madison (PDF file) A 1969 article by William W. Van Alstyne, professor at Duke Law School.
Wake Forest Law Review: The Rhetorical Uses of Marbury v. Madison: The Emergence of a ‘Great Case’ Article by Davison M. Douglas, professor at Marshall-Wythe School of Law.
Modern Law Review: Marbury v Madison at 200: Revisionist Scholarship and the Legitimacy of American Judicial Review Article by Johnathan O’Neill, University of London, School of Advanced Studies.
Wake Forest Law Review: Marbury v. Madison and Modern Judicial Review (PDF file) Article by Robert F. Nagel, professor at University of Colorado School of Law.
Virginia Law Review: How Great were the ‘Great’ Marshall Court Decisions? Article by Michael J. Klarman, professor at University of Virginia School of Law.
University of Missouri-Kansas School of Law: Judicial Review: Does the Constitution Give the Supreme Court the Power to Invalidate the Actions of Other Branches
German Law Journal: Two Hundred Years of Marbury v. Madison: The Struggle for Judicial Review of Constitutional Questions in the United States and Europe Article by Wolfgang Hoffmann-Riem, Professor for Public Law, Constitutional Law and Media Law, University of Hamburg.
Journal of Supreme Court History A 2002 issue devoted to Marbury v. Madison and John Marshall.
Books
Marbury v. Madison: The Origins and Legacy of Judicial Review By William Edward Nelson.
Arguing Marbury v. Madison Edited by Mark Tushnet.
The Great Chief Justice: John Marshall and the Rule of Law By Charles F. Hobson.
John Marshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court By R. Kent Newmyer.
John Marshall: Definer of a Nation By Jean Edward Smith.
What Kind of Nation: Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and the Epic Struggle to Create a United States By James F. Simon.
John Marshall Research Center: Webliography Books and other resources on Marshall.
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