Lincoln and the Court / Brian McGinty.
McGinty, Brian, author.
2009
KF8742 .M32 2009
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Title Lincoln and the Court / Brian McGinty.
Author McGinty, Brian, author.
ISBN 9780674040823
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674040823
Published Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Copyright ©2008
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (383 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.4159/9780674040823 doi
Call Number KF8742 .M32 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 347.732609
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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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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