The Constitution in Congress: The Jeffersonians, 1801-1829 (Volume 2)

by David P. Currie

Because of the judicial branch's tremendous success in reviewinglegislative and executive action in the United States, legal scholarshave traditionally looked only to the courts for guidance ininterpreting the Constitution. This, the second book in David P.Currie's multivolume series, looks to the legislative and executivebranches for insights into the development of constitutionalinterpretation.Currie examines the period of Republican hegemony from theinauguration of Thomas Jefferson in 1801 to the election of AndrewJackson in 1829. During this time of great leadership andcontroversy, many benchmark issues—the abolition of the new CircuitCourts, the Louisiana Purchase, the Burr conspiracy, the War of 1812,the Monroe Doctrine, and the Missouri Compromise, among others—weredebated and decided almost exclusively in the legislative andexecutive arenas. With its uniquely legal perspective andcomprehensive coverage, The Constitution in Congressillustrates how the executive and legislative branches matched theSupreme Court in putting flesh and blood onto the skeleton of theConstitution.

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