The Supreme Court in Debate: The views of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson regarding the creation of the Supreme Court of the United States

• Grant number: 24/08345-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: November 01, 2024
• End date: October 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - Modern and Contemporary History
• Principal Investigator: Robert Sean Purdy
• Grantee: Guilherme Liberalesso
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The Supreme Court of the United States of America was the first independent superior court in history. The republican experience in America was something totally new. The 13 British colonies were the first colonies to achieve independence from an European country in America. In a world full of monarchies, the American revolutionaries did not know exactly how to build a new government that would not be a monarchy. There were many debates around this "New State" in the end of the 18th century. One of these innovations was an independent supreme court that would not be linked with the powers of a king or a parliament. but to a constitution.