<em>Marbury v. Madison</em>, Lord Coke, and Dr. Bonham: Relics of the Past, Guidelines for the Present—Judicial Review inTransition?

The purpose of this article is to explore the modern significance of Coke's influence as analyzed and interpreted through the famous Bonham's Case and thereby to provide an insight into the development of our own concepts of judicial review, as borrowed from the English, in its original historical legal perspective and as seen through the decision in Marbury v. Madison and applied modernly in the principle case of Baker v. Carr.