{"product_id":"the-nation-at-sea-the-federal-courts-and-american-sovereignty-1789-1825-hardback-9781009393065","title":"The Nation at Sea; The Federal Courts and American Sovereignty, 1789–1825 (Hardback) 9781009393065","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Nation at Sea\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Federal Courts and American Sovereignty, 1789–1825\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Nation at Sea reveals how the federal courts made the Constitution's promise of American independence into a reality.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKevin Arlyck (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009393065, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 11 September 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e420 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16 x 3 cm, 0.77 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'A Nation at Sea argues persuasively that America's high courts negotiated international conflicts at a crucial period after the founding when the United States needed to establish credibility and assert neutrality in the midst of dangerous conflicts between powerful empires. Arlyck also demonstrates that Supreme Court justices failed to uphold American restrictions on the slave trade after 1808, even though they could have done so through extension of legal doctrines of their own maritime decisions.' Holly Brewer, Burke Chair of American Cultural and Intellectual History, University of Maryland and author of By Birth or Consent: Children, Law, and the Anglo-American Revolution in Authority\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Nation at Sea tells a new story about the federal judiciary, and about the early United States itself. Most accounts of the nation's transformation from infant republic to world power ignore the courts. Their importance, if any, was limited to domestic politics. But the truth is that, in the critical decades following the Constitution's ratification, federal judges decided thousands of maritime cases that profoundly shaped the United States' relations with foreign nations. Judges ruled on the legality of naval captures made by European powers, regulated the conduct of American merchants, and tried pirates and slave traders who sought profit amid the turmoil of transatlantic war. Kevin Arlyck's vivid reconstruction of this forgotten history reveals how, over time, the federal courts helped realize an increasingly bold conception of American sovereignty, one that vindicated the Declaration of Independence's claim to the United States' place 'among the powers of the earth.'\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. From Confederation to Constitution\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Struggle for Neutrality, 1793–1797: 2. War comes to America\u003cbr\u003e 3. The courts as compromise\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Judiciary at War, 1812–1816: 4. The problems of prize\u003cbr\u003e 5. A belligerent court\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Courts for a New Empire, 1816–1825: 6. Confronting revolution\u003cbr\u003e 7. Policing the high seas\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52413998301464,"sku":"9781009393065","price":41.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009393065i.jpg?v=1784334809","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-nation-at-sea-the-federal-courts-and-american-sovereignty-1789-1825-hardback-9781009393065","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}