Special Lecture by Dr. Bhanu Pratap, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Lucknow on Marbury v. Madison: An Anatomy of the Constitutional Struggle in the United States of America
The case is hailed as the cornerstone of the Doctrine of Judicial Review in the United States. The lecture traced the socio-political and constitutional developments that culminated in the case and elaborated on the legal reasoning employed by Chief Justice John Marshall in asserting the authority of the U.S. Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of legislative acts.