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: 2/12/2019Fecha de aceptación / Acceptance date: 25/02/2020

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