Provocative Essays on Judicial Review. This book contains five historical essays, three of them on the concept of "judicial review," which is defined as the power and duty of a court to disregard ultra vires legislative acts. - In "Marbury v. Madison and the Doctrine of Judicial Review," Corwin asks: "What is the exact legal basis of the power of the Supreme Court to pass upon the constitutionality of acts of Congress?" - "We, the People" examines the issues of secession and nullification. - "The Pelatiah Webster Myth" demolishes Hannis Taylor's thesis that Webster was the "secret" author of...