William J. Watkins, Jr., a research fellow at the Independent Institute, is a former law clerk to Chief Judge William B. Traxler, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. His articles have appeared in numerous publications, including the Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy, the Independent Review, and Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture. He lives in Greenville, South Carolina.

• Table of ContentsForeword by William J. Quirk      Preface      1. The Divinely Anointed Stuarts      2. Civil War, Restoration, and Revolution      3. Rethinking Sovereignty      4. Sovereignty and the Courts      5. Jefferson, Marshall, and Marbury      6. Curbing the Courts      Appendix A: The Agreement of the People, as Presented to the Council of the Army (October 28, 1647)      Appendix B: Kamper v. Hawkins (November 16, 1793)      Appendix C: Abbreviations Used in the Notes and Bibliography      Notes      Bibliography      Index