[GOPcapitalist]

Few study any lawyer even one as great as Hamilton.

That is false. Most decent law programs have courses in Blackstone, Hale, Marshall, Coke, and one or two of the later Americans (typically a prominent justice) or combinations thereof, yet virtually none has a course in Hamilton. On the courtroom side of the law, historians often teach of the Felix Grundys and Clarence Darrows, but never Hamilton. That is not to say that Hamilton wasn't a good lawyer - simply that he wasn't as great or as prominent as you hype him up to be.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Hamilton was the leading lawyer in his day in New York. He was acknowledged as such by such as Chancellor Kent and many others, few (other than you) dispute this fact. When the Coswell trial was held in Albany the entire state government including the legislature shut down for lack of a quorum because they wanted to see Hamilton.

Hamilton's notes to study for the bar were subsequently used by would-be lawyers for decades.

His role in Rutgers v. Waddington was paramount and established the supremacy of treaties over state law.

His arguments changed the way maritime insurance was determined.

Coke, and Hale are rarely studied in Law Schools and almost none have courses devoted to them. As far as Marshall his opinion of Hamilton could not be higher. He said that compared to Hamilton's legal reasoning his own was like a "taper to the sun." Marshall considered him to be America's greatest lawyer.

Hamilton's law practice has been studied extensively and its greatest student, Goebel, has produced a multi-volume study of over a thousand pages.

Any praise I have given him is totally justified and perhaps not extensive enough. His other achievements have caused less attention to be paid to his legal abilities.

Perhaps the greatest example of his knowledge of and ability to explain the law and debate its points is the ratification convention of New York State. There he, almost single-handedly, converted a two to one majority against the constitution to a majority in support. None could stand against his arguments even though determined to defeat the constitution. Even Clinton's party hacks were powerless.