Ware v. Hylton: constitutional supremacy and “political questions” doctrine

Authors

  • Jorge Pérez Alonso Abogado Investigador del Seminario Martínez Marina de Historia Constitucional Profesor Asociado de Derecho Constitucional de la Universidad d eOviedo http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9455-1599

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i21.634

Keywords:

United States – Constitucional supremacy – Federalist Era

Abstract

In the last days of may 1793, Circuit Court of Virginia heard oral arguments in Ware v. Hylton, a case which justice James Iredell described as “the greatest Cause which ever came before a Judicial Court in the world”. It dealt with such an important legal maters for the early republic as constitutional supremacy clause and the conflicts between state laws and international treaties signed by United States. In the Circuit Court opinion, chief justice John Jay used the distinction between acts of political and judicial nature. This article tries to study the case in depth.

Fecha de envío / Submission date: 2/12/2019

Fecha de aceptación / Acceptance date: 25/02/2020

Author Biography

Jorge Pérez Alonso, Abogado Investigador del Seminario Martínez Marina de Historia Constitucional Profesor Asociado de Derecho Constitucional de la Universidad d eOviedo

Licenciado en Derecho por la Universidad de Oviedo (1996), y Master en tributación y asesoría fiscal por el CEF (2007-2008), curso superior en derecho administrativo y administración local por el CEF (2008-2009). Abogado por cuenta propia desde el año 2000. Autor de los artículos Las costas procesales en la jurisdicción contencioso-administrativa; La ejecución de las tasaciones de cuentas y las costas procesales en la jurisdicción contencioso-administrativa y Los años Rehnquist-O´Connor en el Tribunal Supremo de los Estados Unidos: el fracaso de la revolución conservadora, entre otros.

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Published

2020-01-07

Issue

No. 21 (2020): Historia Constitucional N. 21 (2020)

Section

Latin America and United States of America

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