JOHN JAY COLONIAL LAWYER (Outstanding Studies in Early American History) [Hardcover]

Johnson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0824061845 | ISBN-13: 978-0824061845 | Publication Date: September 1, 1989 | Edition: 1

The engrossing background story of John Jay, the active lawyer in colonial times, who became the first Chief Justice of the United States.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Dissertations-G; 1 edition (September 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0824061845
• ISBN-13: 978-0824061845
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,861,627 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Herbert Alan Johnson (1934- )was born in Jersey City, NJ, and educated at Columbia University and New York Law School. He has taught at Hunter College (CUNY), the College of William and Mary, and the University of South Carolina. A legal and constitutional historian, he has written extensively on the Chief Justiceship of John Marshall, and is currently studying the divergence of American and English constitutionalism since the seventeenth century. A retired colonel in the Air Force Reserve, he has continued an interest in early aviation.