Joseph Story (1779–1845)

Author of A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States

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About the Author

Joseph Story was born in 1779, one of 18 children. Largely self-taught, he secured early enrollment into Harvard, where he was a brilliant student, graduating second in his class when he was only 18 years old. He was a prolific author of legal works and served on the Supreme Court from 1811 to his show more death in 1845, having become one of the most celebrated jurists in American history. show less

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Works by Joseph Story

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A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States (1999) 129 copies, 2 reviews

Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (1987) 65 copies

Commentaries on equity jurisprudence (1984) 15 copies

Life and letters of Joseph Story, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and Dane professor of law at Harvard University (1977) 10 copies

Commentaries on the law of bailments, with illustrations from the civil and foreign law (1986) 6 copies

The miscellaneous writings of Joseph Story (1972) 5 copies

commentaries on the law of agency 4 copies

A discourse upon the life, character, and services of the Honorable John Marshall, LL.D. : Chief Justice of the United S (2006) 4 copies

On the Constitution of the United States (1994) 3 copies

A selection of pleadings in civil actions, subsequent to the declaration : with occasonal annotations on the law of 3 copies

The power of solitude. A poem. In two parts 3 copies

Commentaries on the conflict of laws, foreign and domestic, in regard to contracts, rights, and remedies, and especially in regard to marriages, divorces, wills, successions, and… (2007) 3 copies

Commentaries on the Law of Promissory Notes, and Guaranties of Notes, and Checks on Banks and Bankers: -1878 (1994) 3 copies

American Heritage Library On the Constitution of the United States (2001) 3 copies

Commentaries on the conflict of laws, foreign and domestic, in regard to contracts, rights, and remedies, and especially in regard to marriages, divorces, wills, successions, and… 2 copies

Commentaries on the law of partnership as a branch of commercial and maritime jurisprudence with occasional illustrations from the civil and foreign law (2001) 2 copies

A charge delivered to the grand jury of the Circuit Court of the United States, at its first session in Portland, for the judicial district of Maine, May 8, 1820, and published at… 2 copies

Joseph Story And the Encyclopedia Americana (2006) 2 copies

Commentaries On The Constitution Of The United States, Volume 2 (2017) 1 copy

A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States (The Library of American Freedoms) (2001) 1 copy

Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States . . ., Volume 1 1 copy

Comentario abreviado de la Constitución de los Estados Unidos de América 1 copy

COMMENTARIES ON THE LAW OF PROMISSORY NOTES: and guarantees of notes, and checks on banks and bankers with occasional illustrations from the commercial law of the nations or… 1 copy

A Familiar Exposition of the Constituion of the United States 1 copy

Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence, as Administered in England and America, Volume 2 1 copy

Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, Fifth Edition, Vol. I 1 copy

Laws Of The United States, Vol. III 1 copy

Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence as Administered in England and America, Second Edition, Volume II 1 copy

The constitutional class book: being a brief exposition of the Constitution of the United States. Designed for the use of the higher classes in common schools 1 copy

Commentaries on the law of bills of exchange, foreign and inland, as administered in England in America; with occasional illustrations from the commercial law of the nations of… 1 copy

Commentaries on the bills of exchange 1 copy

Story's Commentaries 1 copy

Laws Of The United States, Vol. I 1 copy

Laws Of The United States, Vol. II 1 copy

Sketch of the life of Samuel Dexter, LL. D by the Hon. Joseph Story, LL. D. Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, and presiding Judge of the Circ. Court of the U.S. for… (1816) 1 copy

An account of the funeral honours bestowed on the remains of Capt. Lawrence and Lieut. Ludlow, with the eulogy pronounced at Salem, on the occasion, by Hon. Joseph Story. To which… 1 copy

A discourse pronounced at the request of the Essex historical society 1 copy

Commentaries on equity pleadings, and the incidents thereto, according to the practice of the courts of equity of England and America 1 copy

An oration, pronounced at Salem, on the fourth day of July, 1804 1 copy

A discourse pronounced before the Phi Beta Kappa Society, at the anniversary celebration, on the thirty-first day of August, 1826 1 copy

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The Supreme Court and the Constitution: Readings in American Constitutional History (1969) — Contributor, some editions — 69 copies

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Canonical name: Story, Joseph
Birthdate: 1779-09-18
Date of death: 1845-09-10
Gender: male
Education: Harvard College (1798)
Occupations: lawyer (admitted to bar|1801|Massachusetts)
politician
jurist
Massachusetts State Representive (1805-1807, 1811)
U.S. Congressman (Massachusetts|1808-1809|Jeffersonian Republican)
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1812-1845)
Organizations: U.S. House of Representatives
Supreme Court of the United States (Associate Justice, 1812-1845)
Phi Beta Kappa
Relationships: Story, William Wetmore (son)
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
Places of residence: Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Place of death: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Burial location: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Associated Place (for map): Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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themulhern 2,085 reviews

A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States by Joseph Story

A serious and very thorough discussion of the United States Constitution by a Supreme Court justice who was born in Massachusetts in 1779. The appendix includes a number of bonus documents like Washington's "Farewell Address". The book was originally published in 1840. The copy I obtained is a reproduction of the original, copyright 1986.

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Rhohanin61 100 reviews

A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States by Joseph Story

This book should be read by every single American citizen new and old. The author was an extraordinary man in our early history. Supreme Court justice, founder of Harvard law and continued to teach until his death. This lays out just what our Constitution means as to the intent of the founding fathers. Remarkable and needed at this time.

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