Commentaries on the Structure of america Vol. I (in three volumes): with a Preliminary Assessment of the Constitutional Historical past of the … Earlier than the Adoption of the Structure

“I’ve completed studying this nice work Commentaries on the Structure of america, and want it may very well be learn by each statesman, and each would-be statesman in america. It’s a complete and an correct commentary on our Structure, shaped within the spirit of the unique textual content.” –Chief Justice John Marshall (1833)

Commentaries on the Structure of america Vol. II–with a Preliminary Assessment of the Constitutional Historical past of the Colonies and States Earlier than the Adoption of the Structure, written by Supreme Court docket Justice Joseph Story in three volumes, was first printed in 1833, of which this version is a reproduction. This work is a landmark of early American jurisprudence and remains to be is a crucial supply concerning the forming of the American republic and about Story’s protection of the ability of the nationwide authorities and financial liberty.