H Jefferson Powell

Biographic Data

ID1200065
NAMEH Jefferson Powell
GIVEN NAMESH Jefferson
FAMILY NAMEPowell
SIGNATUREPOWELL H J
AFFILIATIONSDuke University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1989
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX0

  • Targeting Americans

    H Jefferson Powell, JEFFERSON POWELL et al.BOOKTargeting Americans2016

    A centerpiece of the U.S. government's current war against international terrorism is targeted killing by unmanned drone aircraft. The executive branch insists that it limits the use of drone strikes to conform with all relevant legal norms but also that those norms permit the killing of a U.S. citizen who meets the targeting criteria: The killing of Anwar al-Awlaki in September 2011 was the first acknowledged strike against a citizen. The legali…

  • The Crisis of British Protestantism

    H Jefferson Powell, Hunter PowellBOOKThe crisis of British Protestantism2015

    This book seeks to bring coherence to two of the most studied periods in British history, Caroline non-conformity (pre-1640) and the British revolution (post-1642). It does so by focusing on the pivotal years of 1638-1644 where debates around non-conformity within the Church of England morphed into a revolution between Parliament and its king. Parliament, saddled with the responsibility of re-defining England’s church, called its Westminster asse…

  • A Community Built on Words

    Roberta Sue Alexander, H Jefferson PowellARTICLEAmerican Journal of Legal History2004

    Journal Article A Community Built on Words: The Constitution in History and Politics Get access Powell H. Jefferson, A Community Built on Words: The Constitution in History and Politics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002. x, 251 pp. $35.00. Roberta Sue Alexander Roberta Sue Alexander University of Dayton Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 46, Issue 1, January…

  • A Community Built on Words

    Rand Burnette, R Danielle Burnette et al.ARTICLEJournal of the Early Republic2003

    H. Jefferson Powell offers a powerful new approach to one of the central issues in American constitutional thinking today: the many ways in which constitutional arguments and outcomes are shaped both by historical circumstances and by political goals - including those of judges. Brilliantly combining history and theory, Powell analyzes a series of constitutional controversies from 1790 to 1944 to demonstrate that constitutional law from its very …

  • The Constitution and the Attorneys General

    Robert M Goldman, H Jefferson PowellARTICLEAmerican Journal of Legal History2000

    Journal Article The Constitution and the Attorneys General Get access Powell H. Jefferson, The Constitution and the Attorneys General. Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 1999. ix, 716 pp. $59.95. Robert M. Goldman Robert M. Goldman Virginia Union University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 44, Issue 2, April 2000, Pages 224–225, https://doi.org/10.2307/846123 Pu…

  • The Supreme Court in the Early Republic

    H Jefferson Powell, William R CastoARTICLEJournal of American History1996

    Journal Article The Supreme Court in the Early Republic: The Chief Justiceships of John Jay and Oliver Ellsworth. By William R. Casto. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1995. xxviii, 267 pp. $49.95, ISBN 1-57003-033-2.) Get access H. Jefferson Powell H. Jefferson Powell Duke Law School, Durham, North Carolina Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 82, Issue 4, Marc…

  • To Secure These Rights

    H Jefferson Powell, Scott Douglas GerberARTICLEAmerican Journal of Legal History1996

    Journal Article To Secure These Rights: The Declaration of Independence and Constitutional Interpretation Get access Gerber Scott Douglas, To Secure These Rights: The Declaration of Independence and Constitutional Interpretation. New York and London: New York University Press, 1995. xv, 315 pp. $45.00. H. Jefferson Powell H. Jefferson Powell Duke University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal …

  • A Culture of Rights

    H Jefferson Powell, Michael J Lacey et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1993

    Journal Article A Culture of Rights: The Bill of Rights in Philosophy, Politics, and Law—1791 and 1991. Ed. by Michael J. Lacey and Knud Haakonssen. (Cambridge: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and Cambridge University Press, 1991. xiii + 474 pp. $49.95, ISBN 0-521-41637-X.) Get access H. Jefferson Powell H. Jefferson Powell Duke University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of America…

  • Joseph Story and the Comity of Errors

    H Jefferson Powell, Alan WatsonARTICLEJournal of American History1993

  • As Far as Republican Principles will Admit

    H Jefferson Powell, William Schambra et al.ARTICLEThe William and Mary Quarterly1993

  • Original Intent and the Framers' Constitution

    H Jefferson Powell, Leonard W LevyARTICLEThe William and Mary Quarterly1989