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Lincoln and the Court / / Brian McGinty.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (383 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674032422
  • 9780674040823
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 347.732609 22
LOC classification:
  • KF8742 .M32 2009
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. A Solemn Oath -- 2. Dred Scott -- 3. First Blood -- 4. Judges and Circuits -- 5. The Prizes -- A Gallery of Justices -- 6. The Boom of Cannon -- 7. The Old Lion -- 8. A New Chief -- 9. A Law for Rulers and People -- 10. The Union Is Unbroken -- 11. History in Marble -- Afterword: The Legacy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: In a meticulously researched and engagingly written narrative, McGinty rescues the story of Abraham Lincoln and the Supreme Court from long and undeserved neglect, recounting the compelling history of the Civil War president's relations with the nation's highest tribunal and the role it played in resolving the agonizing issues raised by the conflict.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674040823

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. A Solemn Oath -- 2. Dred Scott -- 3. First Blood -- 4. Judges and Circuits -- 5. The Prizes -- A Gallery of Justices -- 6. The Boom of Cannon -- 7. The Old Lion -- 8. A New Chief -- 9. A Law for Rulers and People -- 10. The Union Is Unbroken -- 11. History in Marble -- Afterword: The Legacy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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In a meticulously researched and engagingly written narrative, McGinty rescues the story of Abraham Lincoln and the Supreme Court from long and undeserved neglect, recounting the compelling history of the Civil War president's relations with the nation's highest tribunal and the role it played in resolving the agonizing issues raised by the conflict.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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