TY  - BOOK
AU  - McGinty,Brian
TI  - Lincoln and the Court /
SN  - 9780674032422
AV  - KF8742 .M32 2009
U1  - 347.732609 22
PY  - 2009///]
CY  - Cambridge, MA : : 
PB  - Harvard University Press, 
KW  - Constitutional history
KW  - United States
KW  - HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
KW  - sh
N1  - 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; restricted access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674040823
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674040823
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674040823/original
ER  -