William R Casto

Biographic Data

ID1558035
NAMEWilliam R Casto
GIVEN NAMESWilliam R
FAMILY NAMECasto
SIGNATURECASTO W R
AFFILIATIONSTexas Tech University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1993
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
H-INDEX1

  • Advising Presidents: Robert Jackson and the Destroyers-For-Bases Deal

    William R CastoARTICLEAmerican Journal of Legal History2012

    In recent years, the process of providing legal advice at the highest levels of government has sparked significant controversies. The present article uses advice given to President Franklin Roosevelt by Attorney General Robert Jackson, later Justice Jackson, to explore this advisory process. There is no comparable, in-depth study of the relationship between any president and the president's legal advisors. The United States was a neutral country …

  • Foreign Affairs and the Constitution in the Age of Fighting Sail

    Carl E Swanson, William R CastoARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History2008

  • Foreign Affairs Crises and the Constitution's Case or Controversy Limitation: Notes from the Founding Era

    William R CastoARTICLEAmerican Journal of Legal History2004

    In theory the federal courts might play a significant role in formulating foreign policy and in resolving disputes related to foreign policy, but from the earliest days of the Republic, they seldom have. Instead federal judges have always played a comparatively minor role in the arena of foreign policy. This essay examines two high-profile foreign policy cases that the Federal District Court in Philadelphia adjudicated some two hundred years ago.…

  • The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800, Vol. 6: Cases, 1790-1795

    William R Casto, Maeva MarcusARTICLEAmerican Journal of Legal History2000

    Journal Article The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789–1800 Get access Marcus Maeva, ed., The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789–1800, vol. 6: Cases, 1790–1795. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. xl, 809 pp. $125.00 William R. Casto William R. Casto Texas Tech University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal Histo…

  • A Government of Laws: Political Theory, Religion, and the American Founding

    William R Casto, Ellis SandozARTICLEJournal of the Early Republic1996Cited by: 2

  • The Supreme Court in the Early Republic: The Chief Justiceships of John Jay and Oliver Ellsworth

    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…

  • The Supreme Court in the Early Republic: The Chief Justiceships of John Jay and Oliver Ellsworth

    Charles F Hobson, William R CastoARTICLEAmerican Journal of Legal History1996

    Journal Article The Supreme Court in the Early Republic: The Chief Justiceships of John Jay and Oliver Ellsworth Get access Casto William R., The Supreme Court in the Early Republic: The Chief Justiceships of John Jay and Oliver Ellsworth. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1995. xxv, 267 pp. $49.95. Charles F. Hobson Charles F. Hobson The Papers of John Marshall College of William and Mary Search for other works by this author on: Oxf…

  • The Supreme Court in the Early Republic: The Chief Justiceships of John Jay and Oliver Ellsworth

    Stephen B Presser, William R CastoARTICLEThe William and Mary Quarterly1996

  • The Supreme Court in the Early Republic: The Chief Justiceships of John Jay and Oliver Ellsworth

    Scott D Gerber, William R CastoARTICLEJournal of the Early Republic1995

  • The Age of Federalism

    William R Casto, Stanley Elkins et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Legal History1995

    Journal Article The Age of Federalism Get access Elkins Stanley McKitrick Eric, The Age of Federalism. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. 925 pp. $39.95. William R. Casto William R. Casto Texas Tech University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 39, Issue 1, January 1995, Pages 104–106, https://doi.org/10.2307/845758 Published: 01 January 1995

  • Oliver Ellsworth's Calvinism: A Biographical Essay on Religion and Political Psychology in the Early Republic

    William R Casto, W CastoARTICLEJournal of Church and State1994

    The year 1801 was a catastrophe for staunch Federalists. Thomas Jefferson became president, and a coalition opposed to the Federalists gained control of the Congress. In New England, Standing Order Calvinist ministers hysterically railed that Jefferson was "a debaucher, an infidel, [and] a liar." But one of New England's most prominent Federalists was more philosophical. Oliver Ellsworth, the third chief justice of the United States, was almost r…

  • The Origins of Federal Admiralty Jurisdiction in an Age of Privateers, Smugglers, and Pirates

    William R CastoARTICLEAmerican Journal of Legal History1993

    Journal Article The Origins of Federal Admiralty Jurisdiction in an Age of Privateers, Smugglers, and Pirates Get access William R. Casto William R. Casto Professor of Law *Texas Tech University School of law. I would like to thank Henry Bourguignon, Wythe Holt, and Maeva Marcus for their comments and suggestions regarding this essay. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volum…