With the Constitutional Convention in, America was set on a course to develop a unique system of law with roots in the English common law tradition.
This new system, its foundations in Article III of the Constitution, called for a national judiciary headed by a supreme courtwhich first met in.
This book serves as a history of America's national law with a look at thosesuch as John Jay the first Chief, James Iredell, Bushrod Washington and James Wilsonwho set in motion not only the new Supreme Court, but also the new federal judiciary.
These founders displayed great dexterity in maneuvering through the fraught political landscape of thes, .
