A Distinct Judicial Power

A Distinct Judicial Power: The Origins of an Independent Judiciary, 1606-1787 provides the first comprehensive critical analysis of the origins of judicial independence in the United States. The book explores, in three parts, the political theory of an independent judiciary, how each of the original thirteen states and their colonial antecedents treated their respective judiciaries, and the connection between the rise of judicial independence and the origins of judicial review.