Reading Assignments for John Marshall and the Foundations of American Nationalism

 

First Topic: The Court Before Marshall

Materials for the First Topic: Intro, Part One, Part Two

Reading Assignments for First Topic

Second Topic: The Establishment of the National Judicial Power; Marbury v. Madison

Materials for Second Topic: Intro, Part One, Part Two

Reading Assignments for Second Topic

Third Topic: The Expansion of the Enumerated Powers; McCulloch v. Maryland

Materials for Third Topic: Intro, Part One, Part Two

Reading Assignments for Third Topic

Fourth Topic: The National Guarantee of Private Property; Dartmouth College v. Woodward

Materials for Fourth Topic*, Intro, Part One, Part Two

Reading Assignments for Fourth Topic

Fifth Topic: The National Government’s Power to Regulate . . . Everything? Gibbons v. Ogden

Materials for Fifth Topic, Intro, Part One, Part Two

Reading Assignments for Fifth Topic

Sixth Topic: The "Dormant" Commerce Clause—Limiting the States' Police Powers; Brown v. Maryland and Willson v. Black-Bird Creek Marsh, Co.

Materials for Sixth Topic, Intro, Part One, Part Two

Reading Assignment for Sixth Topic

Seventh Class: Marshall’s Federalism and its Demise; Barron v. Baltimore

Materials for Seventh Topic, Intro, Part One, Part Two

Reading Assignments for Seventh Topic