The Nation at Sea
The Federal Courts and American Sovereignty, 1789–1825
Seiten
2025
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-39306-5 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-39306-5 (ISBN)
The Nation at Sea reveals a new story about the nation's founding, in which the federal courts played a central role in transforming the United States from infant republic to world power. It will interest students of early American history, legal history, and the history of foreign relations.
The Nation at Sea tells a new story about the federal judiciary, and about the early United States itself. Most accounts of the nation's transformation from infant republic to world power ignore the courts. Their importance, if any, was limited to domestic politics. But the truth is that, in the critical decades following the Constitution's ratification, federal judges decided thousands of maritime cases that profoundly shaped the United States' relations with foreign nations. Judges ruled on the legality of naval captures made by European powers, regulated the conduct of American merchants, and tried pirates and slave traders who sought profit amid the turmoil of transatlantic war. Kevin Arlyck's vivid reconstruction of this forgotten history reveals how, over time, the federal courts helped realize an increasingly bold conception of American sovereignty, one that vindicated the Declaration of Independence's claim to the United States' place 'among the powers of the earth.'
The Nation at Sea tells a new story about the federal judiciary, and about the early United States itself. Most accounts of the nation's transformation from infant republic to world power ignore the courts. Their importance, if any, was limited to domestic politics. But the truth is that, in the critical decades following the Constitution's ratification, federal judges decided thousands of maritime cases that profoundly shaped the United States' relations with foreign nations. Judges ruled on the legality of naval captures made by European powers, regulated the conduct of American merchants, and tried pirates and slave traders who sought profit amid the turmoil of transatlantic war. Kevin Arlyck's vivid reconstruction of this forgotten history reveals how, over time, the federal courts helped realize an increasingly bold conception of American sovereignty, one that vindicated the Declaration of Independence's claim to the United States' place 'among the powers of the earth.'
Kevin Arlyck is Professor of Law at Georgetown University. He is an expert on the history of the federal courts and the early federal government.
Introduction; 1. From Confederation to Constitution; Part I. The Struggle for Neutrality, 1793–1797: 2. War comes to America; 3. The courts as compromise; Part II. The Judiciary at War, 1812–1816: 4. The problems of prize; 5. A belligerent court; Part III. Courts for a New Empire, 1816–1825: 6. Confronting revolution; 7. Policing the high seas; Epilogue; Index.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 02.09.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Studies in Legal History |
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-39306-5 / 1009393065 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-39306-5 / 9781009393065 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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