Joseph Story

Joseph Story Joseph Story (September 18, 1779 – September 10, 1845) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1812 to 1845. He is most remembered for his opinions in ''Martin v. Hunter's Lessee'' and ''United States v. The Amistad'', and especially for his ''Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States'', first published in 1833. Dominating the field in the 19th century, this work is a cornerstone of early American jurisprudence. It is the second comprehensive treatise on the provisions of the U.S. Constitution and remains a critical source of historical information about the forming of the American republic and the early struggles to define its law.

Story opposed Jacksonian democracy, saying it was "oppression" of property rights by republican governments when popular majorities began in the 1830s to restrict and erode the property rights of the minority of rich men. R. Kent Newmyer presents Story as a "Statesman of the Old Republic" who tried to be above democratic politics and to shape the law in accordance with the republicanism of Alexander Hamilton and John Marshall, and the New England Whigs of the 1820s and 1830s, including Daniel Webster. Historians generally agree that Story reshaped American law—as much or more than Marshall or anyone else—in a conservative direction that protected property rights.

He was portrayed by retired justice Harry Blackmun in the film ''Amistad'', reading the case the film was based on, ''United States v. The Amistad''. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Story, Joseph, 1779-1845
    Published 1882
    Boston, Little, Brown, 1882.
    xlvii, 674 p. 25 cm.
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    by Story, Joseph, 1779-1845
    Published 1878
    Boston, Little, Brown, 1878.
    iv, 647 p. 25 cm.
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    by Story, Joseph, 1779-1845
    Published 1852
    Boston, Little, Brown, 1852.
    x p., 1 ̋., 828 p. 24 cm.
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    by Story, Joseph, 1779-1845
    Published 1834
    Boston, Hilliard, Gray & Company, 1834.
    166 p. 20 cm.
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    by Story, Joseph, 1779-1845
    Published 1860
    Boston, Little, Brown, 1860.
    xxx p., 1 ̋., 642 p. 25 cm.
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    by Story, Joseph, 1779-1845
    Published 1841
    Boston, Little, Brown, 1841.
    xxxi, [1], 599 (i.e. 1066) p. 23 cm.
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    by Story, Joseph, 1779-1845
    Published 1835
    Boston, J. Munroe, 1835.
    74 p., 1 ̋. 24 cm.
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    by Story, Joseph, 1779-1845
    Published 1892
    Boston, Little, Brown, 1892.
    xlviii, 823 p. 24 cm.
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    by Story, Joseph, 1779-1845
    Published 1878
    Boston, Little, Brown, 1878.
    liv p., 1 ̋., 747 p. 25 cm.
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    by Story, Joseph, 1779-1845
    Published 1873
    Boston, Little, Brown, 1873.
    2 v. 25 cm.
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    by Story, Joseph, 1779-1845
    Published 1872
    New York : Harper & Brothers, 1872, [c1840]
    372 p. ; 20 cm.
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    by Story, Joseph, 1779-1845
    Published 1832
    Cambridge, Hilliard and Brown, 1832.
    xxxiv, 411 p. 24 cm.
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    by Story, Joseph, 1779-1845
    Published 1832
    Cambridge, [Mass.] : Hilliard and Brown, 1832.
    1 online resource (xxxiv, 411 p.)
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    by Story, Joseph, 1779-1845
    Published 1835
    Boston : James Munroe and Company, 1835.
    1 online resource (viii, 527 pages)
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    Published 1812
    [Boston?] : [publisher not identified], [1812]
    1 online resource (4 pages)
    Other Authors: “...Story, Joseph, 1779-1845...”
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    Toronto : Willing & Williamson, 1875.
    1 online resource (lix, 564 p.)
    Other Authors: “...Story, Joseph, 1779-1845...”
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    Published 1834
    [Augusta, Maine?] : [State printer?], [1834?]
    1 online resource (31 pages)
    Other Authors: “...Story, Joseph, 1779-1845...”
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