Marbury v. Madison, Lord Coke and Dr. Bonham: Relics of the Past, Guidelines for the Present: Judicial Review in Transition?

Authors

George P. Smith II, The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1979

Abstract

It will be the purpose of this article to explore the modern significance of Coke's influence as analyzed and interpreted through the famous Bonham's Case and thereby to provide an insight into the development of our own concepts of judicial review, as borrowed from the English, in its original historical-legal perspective and as seen through the decision in Marbury v. Madison and applied modernly in the principal case of Baker v.Carr.

Recommended Citation

George P. Smith II, Marbury v. Madison, Lord Coke and Dr. Bonham: Relics of the Past, Guidelines for the Present: Judicial Review in Transition?, 2 U. PUGET SOUND L. REV. 255 (1979).