G. Edward White is David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. He is the author of numerous articles and books, most recently History and the Constitution: Collected Essays (2007), Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (2006), The Constitution and the New Deal (2000), and Oliver Wendell Holmes: Sage of the Supreme Court (1999). He also edited The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes (2009).

• Introduction; 1. The origins of Marshall court jurisprudence I: cultural change and republicanism; 2. The origins of Marshall court jurisprudence II: the nature and sources of law; 3. The working life of the court; 4. Prominent lawyers before the Marshall court; 5. The justices of the Marshall court; 6. The reporters: Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, and Wheaton v. Peters; 7. Admiralty jurisdiction; 8. Sovereignty and union: federal jurisdiction and federal limitations on state power; 9. Property, vested rights, and legislative regulation: the contract clause cases; 10. Natural law and racial minorities: the court's response to slaves and Indians; 11. Nonconstitutional cases I: real property, contracts and negotiable instruments, corporations; 12. Nonconstitutional cases II: federal court jurisdiction and procedure, conflicts, criminal law; 13. Nonconstitutional cases III: international law, prize, marine insurance; 14. Of the court, time, and change.

G. Edward White is David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. He is the author of numerous articles and books, most recently History and the Constitution: Collected Essays (2007), Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (2006), The Constitution and the New Deal (2000), and Oliver Wendell Holmes: Sage of the Supreme Court (1999). He also edited The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes (2009).

• Introduction; 1. The origins of Marshall court jurisprudence I: cultural change and republicanism; 2. The origins of Marshall court jurisprudence II: the nature and sources of law; 3. The working life of the court; 4. Prominent lawyers before the Marshall court; 5. The justices of the Marshall court; 6. The reporters: Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, and Wheaton v. Peters; 7. Admiralty jurisdiction; 8. Sovereignty and union: federal jurisdiction and federal limitations on state power; 9. Property, vested rights, and legislative regulation: the contract clause cases; 10. Natural law and racial minorities: the court's response to slaves and Indians; 11. Nonconstitutional cases I: real property, contracts and negotiable instruments, corporations; 12. Nonconstitutional cases II: federal court jurisdiction and procedure, conflicts, criminal law; 13. Nonconstitutional cases III: international law, prize, marine insurance; 14. Of the court, time, and change.

G. Edward White is David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. He is the author of numerous articles and books, most recently History and the Constitution: Collected Essays (2007), Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (2006), The Constitution and the New Deal (2000), and Oliver Wendell Holmes: Sage of the Supreme Court (1999). He also edited The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes (2009).

• Introduction; 1. The origins of Marshall court jurisprudence I: cultural change and republicanism; 2. The origins of Marshall court jurisprudence II: the nature and sources of law; 3. The working life of the court; 4. Prominent lawyers before the Marshall court; 5. The justices of the Marshall court; 6. The reporters: Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, and Wheaton v. Peters; 7. Admiralty jurisdiction; 8. Sovereignty and union: federal jurisdiction and federal limitations on state power; 9. Property, vested rights, and legislative regulation: the contract clause cases; 10. Natural law and racial minorities: the court's response to slaves and Indians; 11. Nonconstitutional cases I: real property, contracts and negotiable instruments, corporations; 12. Nonconstitutional cases II: federal court jurisdiction and procedure, conflicts, criminal law; 13. Nonconstitutional cases III: international law, prize, marine insurance; 14. Of the court, time, and change.