Lectures On The Constitutional Law, For The Use Of The Law Class At The University Of Virginia

Tucker, Henry St. George. Lectures on the Constitutional Law, for the Use of the Law Class at the University of Virginia. Richmond: Printed for Shepherd and Colin, 1843. 242 pp. Reprint available November 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-453-3. Cloth. $95. * Reprint of the rare 1843 edition. Tucker [1780-1848] proposes a vigorous defense of states-rights principles in the manner of John Taylor of Caroline. A notably sophisticated argument, it balances detailed analysis of the U.S. Constitution with criticism of Joseph Story, Daniel Webster and other proponents of a powerful Federal government. Tucker was a judge of the superior courts of chancery for the Winchester and Clarksburg districts, President of Virginia's Supreme Court of Appeals, the director of a private law school in Winchester and, later in life, Professor of Law at the University of Virginia. Works that grew out of the classroom include Commentaries on the Laws of Virginia (1836-1837), the third edition of which is also available as Lawbook Exchange reprint, and the present work.Tucker, Henry St George is the author of 'Lectures On The Constitutional Law, For The Use Of The Law Class At The University Of Virginia ', published 2004 under ISBN 9781584774532 and ISBN 1584774533.