The Jeffersonian crisis: courts and politics in the young Republic

An unsettled problem: the judiciary and the American Revolution, 1776-1801

Politics and the Judiciary Under Jefferson. The Jeffersonians in power ; The repeal of the Judiciary Act of 1801 ; Judicial review ; Impeachments ; Republican divisions ; Chase's acquittal.

The Struggle Over Judicial Reform in the States. Post-revolutionary attitudes toward the legal profession ; Radicals vs. moderates in Kentucky, 1796-1805 ; Judicial reform in Kentucky, 1796-1802 ; Courts and politics in Pennsylvania, 1799-1805 ; Constitutional and judicial reform in Pennsylvania, 1805-1808 ; The debate over judicial reform in Massachusetts, 1799-1806 ; The politics of judicial reform in Massachusetts, 1803-1808.

Toward a Redefinition of Jeffersonian Democracy. The Jeffersonians and the Judiciary ; Law and society in Jeffersonian America ; The meaning of the Jeffersonian ascendancy.