J.M. SOSIN is a History Professor at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He is the author of several books dealing with the American Revolution and the administrative and political history of the English empire in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

• Introduction Institutional Origins of Anglo-American Courts Common Law and Its Early Practitioners Rivals of the Common Law Coke and the Nature of Judicial Power Judges, Parliament, and Royal Prerogative, 1603-1649 Restoration Monarchy and the Judiciary The Glorious Revolution: Constitutional and Legal Heritage During the Age of Colonization Law and Courts in Colonial America: Institutional Framework Review of Colonial Legislation Colonial Lawyers and Judges: The Political Dimension Judicial Tenure, Salaries, and Impeachment: The Colonial Experience Revolutionary Ideology and Constitutions The Judicial Challenge to Legislative Supremacy, 1780-1787 The Federal Constitution Drafted Judicial Review and the Constitution: Analysis and Ratification The Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800: Problems and Personnel Federal Judiciary and Party Politics, 1800-1807 Epilogue: Toward "Transcendently Omnipotent" Court Select Bibliography Index

J.M. SOSIN is a History Professor at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He is the author of several books dealing with the American Revolution and the administrative and political history of the English empire in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

• Introduction Institutional Origins of Anglo-American Courts Common Law and Its Early Practitioners Rivals of the Common Law Coke and the Nature of Judicial Power Judges, Parliament, and Royal Prerogative, 1603-1649 Restoration Monarchy and the Judiciary The Glorious Revolution: Constitutional and Legal Heritage During the Age of Colonization Law and Courts in Colonial America: Institutional Framework Review of Colonial Legislation Colonial Lawyers and Judges: The Political Dimension Judicial Tenure, Salaries, and Impeachment: The Colonial Experience Revolutionary Ideology and Constitutions The Judicial Challenge to Legislative Supremacy, 1780-1787 The Federal Constitution Drafted Judicial Review and the Constitution: Analysis and Ratification The Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800: Problems and Personnel Federal Judiciary and Party Politics, 1800-1807 Epilogue: Toward "Transcendently Omnipotent" Court Select Bibliography Index

J.M. SOSIN is a History Professor at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He is the author of several books dealing with the American Revolution and the administrative and political history of the English empire in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

• Introduction Institutional Origins of Anglo-American Courts Common Law and Its Early Practitioners Rivals of the Common Law Coke and the Nature of Judicial Power Judges, Parliament, and Royal Prerogative, 1603-1649 Restoration Monarchy and the Judiciary The Glorious Revolution: Constitutional and Legal Heritage During the Age of Colonization Law and Courts in Colonial America: Institutional Framework Review of Colonial Legislation Colonial Lawyers and Judges: The Political Dimension Judicial Tenure, Salaries, and Impeachment: The Colonial Experience Revolutionary Ideology and Constitutions The Judicial Challenge to Legislative Supremacy, 1780-1787 The Federal Constitution Drafted Judicial Review and the Constitution: Analysis and Ratification The Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800: Problems and Personnel Federal Judiciary and Party Politics, 1800-1807 Epilogue: Toward "Transcendently Omnipotent" Court Select Bibliography Index