THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY

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1 THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY in Virginia YOHN MARSHALL BICENTENNIAL PROGRAM JOHN AIARSHALL Two Hundred Years Later GREAT HALL-SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN BUILDING May 12-13, 1955

2 I n honoring the memory of John Marshall, the College of William and Mary has chosen as the theme for the Bicentennial Program: THE REDEDICATION OF THE ANGLO-AMERICAN BENCH AND BAR TO ITS TRADITIONS OF REPRESENTATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT

3 JOHN MARS HALL Chief '[ust u:e of the United States, Felix W. de Weldon, SculptoT JOHN M""HALL is appropriately called the "Father of American Constitutional Law." He was born on September 24, 1755, on the Virginia frontier, served under General George Washington, suffered the hardships of Valley Forge, attended Wythe's law lectures at the College of William and Mary, and was appointed by President John Adams to be the fourth Chief Justice of the United States. His long term of office was marked by decisions which are established landmarks in the relations of the States to the Federal government both politically and commercially, thereby laying the basis for a strong national economy which is an essential for a strong national government.

4 Conference on John Marshall THEME: JOHN MARSHALL-TWO HUNDRED YEARS LATER o o o SESSION 1-2: 30-5: 00 P.M. MAY 12 GREAT HALL-SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN BUILDING THEME : Marshall and His Times CHAIRMAN: Benjamin F. Wright, President, Smith College Political Questions in the Virginia of Marshall's routli David J. Mays RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Marshall as Politician and Political Theorist Arthur N. Holcombe PROFESSOR OF GOVERNMENT HARVARD UNIVERSITY Marshall and the Lawyers and Politicians Irving Brant WASHINGTON, D. C.

5 SESSION II-I 0 : 00 A.M.-I2: 30 P.M. MAY 13 GREAT HALL-SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN BUILDING THEME: The Power of Judicial Review CHAIRMAN: Edward S. Corwin, Professor Emeritus of '[urisprudence, Princeton University Judicial Review and the Maintenance of the Federal System Dean F. D. G. Ribble LAW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY 01' VIRGINIA John Marshall and the American Judicial Tradition Charles Fairman NAGEL PROFESSOR OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, ST. LOUIS

6 SESSION III-2: 30-5: 00 P.M. MAY 13 GREAT HALL-SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN BUILDING T.HEME: Some Special Contributions of M arshall to the Law CHAIRMAN: T. V. Smith, Nt axwell Professor of Citizenship and Philosoph», Syracuse University Common Law and the Constitution Julius Goebel, J r. PROFESSOR OF LAW COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY John Marshall: Political Economist Joseph Dorfman PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Marshall and the Commerce Clause of the Constitution George L. Haskins PROFESSOR OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Marshall, the Marshall Court and the Constitution Donald G. Morgan PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE MT. HOLYOKE COLLEGE

7 Notes on the Program Participants IRVING NEWTON BRANT Washington, D. C., Author of James Madison. EDWARD SAMUEL COR WIN Professor Emeritus of Jurispruclence, Princeton University. Author of a Biography of John Marshall, and numerous works on the Supreme Court and Constitutional Law. JOSEPH DORFMAN Professor of Economics, Columbia University. Author of Thorstein Veblen and His America (1934), and The Economic Mind in American Civilization ( ). CHARLES FAIRMAN Nagel Professor of Constitutional Law, Washington University, St. Louis. Author of The Law of Martial Rule (1930), and Justice Miller and the Supreme Court, (1939). JULIUS GOEBEL, JR. Professor of Law, Columbia University. Author of The Equalit.y 0/ States (1923), Law Enforcement in Colonial New York (1944), and Generals in the White House (with D. B. Goebel, (945). GEORGE LEE HASKINS Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania. Author of St.ai ute of York and the Interest of the Comm.ons (1935), and The Growth of English Representative Government (1948). ARTHUR N. HOLCOMBE Professor of Government, Harvard University. Author of numerous books on government, among them Human Rights in the Modem World (1948), and Our More Perfect Union (1950). DAVID J. MAYS Attorney, Richmond, Virginia. Author of Business Law (1933), and Edmun d Pendleton, (1952). DONALD GRANT MORGAN Professor of Political Science, Mt. Holyoke College. Author of Justice William Johnson, the First Dissenter (1954). FREDERICK D. G. RIBBLE Dean of the Law School, University of Virginia. Author of State and National Power over Commerce (1937). T. V. SMITH Maxwell Professor of Citizenship and Philosophy, Syracuse University. Author of The Democratic Way of Life (with Ed. C. Lindeman, (951) and Abraham Lincoln and the Spiritual Life (1951). BENJAMIN F. WRIGHT President, Smith College; formerly Professor of Government, Harvard U niversity. Author of several books on government and constitutional law; among them: The Contract Clause of the Constitution (1938), and The Growth of American Constitutional Law (1942).

8 THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY IN VIRGIN fa John Marshall Bicentennial Program Conference on John Marshall May 12-13, 1955 Great Hall-Sir Christopher Wren Building Theme: John Marshall-Two Hundred Years Later Program SESSION I 2:30-5:00 P.M.-May 12 Theme: Marshall and His Times Chairman: Benjamin F. Wright, President, Smith College David J. Mays, Richmond, Virginia: Political Questions in the Virginia of Marshall's Youth Arthur N. Holcombe, Professor of Government, Harvard University: Marshall as Politician and Political Theorist Irving Brant, Washington, D. c.: Marshall and the Lawyers and Politicians SESSION II 10:00 A.M.--12:30 P.M.--May 13 Theme: The Power of Judicial Review Chairman: Edward S. Corwin, Professor Emeritus of Jurisprudence, Princeton University Dean F. D. G. Ribble, Law School, University of Virginia: Judicial Review and the Maintenance of the Federal System Charles Fairman, Nagel Professor of Constitutional Law, Washington University St. Louis: John Marshall and the American Judicial Tradition ' SESSION III 2:30-5:00 P.M.-May 13 Theme: Some Special Contributions of Marshall to the Law Chairman: T. V. Smith, Maxwell Professor of Citizenship and Philosophy, Syracuse University Julius Goebel, [r., Professor of Law, Columbia University: C01'nmon Law and the Constitution Joseph Dorfman, Professor of Economics, Columbia University: John Marshall: Political Economist George L. Haskins, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania: Marshall and the Co'mmerce Clause of the Constitution Donald G. Morgan, Professor of Political Science, Mt. Holyoke College: Marshall the ~;[arshall Court and the Constitution '