Jay and ellsworth the first courts justices rulings and legacy by matthew p harrington the supreme court was something of an experiment the first courts of john jay and oliver ellsworth had to determine exactly what the courts role would be and they were required to define important concepts and interpret the constitution for the very first time readers will learn why in this intriguing work. The first courts of john jay and oliver ellsworth had to determine exactly what the courts role would be and they were required to define important concepts and interpret the constitution for the very first time readers will learn why in this intriguing work when the supreme court was established in 1789 no other country had a judicial body quite like it the early justices struggled to . Jay and ellsworth the first courts justices rulings and legacy abc clio supreme court handbooks matthew p harrington when the supreme court was established in 1789 no other country had a judicial body quite like it. The jay ellsworth courts were the first to take up the role of interpreting the constitution and their approach influenced constitutional debates for the next two centuries clearly this is a book for any reader who wishes to understand how the court was initially set up and how it functioned in our early judicial history biographies of key justices such as oliver ellsworth john marshall and john jay. Jay and ellsworth the first courts justices rulings and legacy matthew p harrington main author harrington matthew p corporate author ebook central academic complete proquest firm format ebook online access connect to electronic book via ebook central