TY - JOUR
AU - Newmyer, Kent
AB - REVIEWS BOOK Bernard Schwartz, From Confederation to Nation: The American Constitution, 1835-1877. Baltimore, Maryland. The Johns Hopkins Press, 1973. xi, 243 pp. $10.00. Focusing topically on the Supreme Court, Congress, and the Executive, this book aims "to analyze the development of the Ameri­ can Constitution from 1835 to 1877" (p. ix). In addition to providing a scholarly summary of the subject, Mr. Schwartz takes forthright and provocative (if not always persuasive) stands on the key inter­ pretive issues. He is on solid ground to argue that Jackson's presi­ dency was a constitutional turning point in the development of the executive branch. But his position would have been strengthened by reference to Lynn Marshall on the significance of the Veto Message and John Ward on the authority derived from Jackson's timely sym­ bolism.! Failure to discuss Jackson's presidency in relation to the rise and development of the second American party system is a more serious omission, since much of Jackson's power came from his com­ mand of the newly organized party machinery. Congressional efforts after Jackson to recapture constitutional initiative are recounted with insight, but again the failure to consider the role of party leaves a lacuna in the analysis. 
TI - From Confederation to Nation: The American Constitution, 1835–1877
JO - American Journal of Legal History
DO - 10.2307/844582
DA - 1975-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/from-confederation-to-nation-the-american-constitution-1835-1877-NXK4q7aKb9
SP - 66
EP - 68
VL - 19
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
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