@article{769294,
      recid = {769294},
      author = {Hubbard, Charles M.,},
      title = {Lincoln, the law, and presidential leadership /},
      pages = {1 online resource (228 pages) :},
      abstract = {"From his early years as a small-town lawyer through his  rise to the presidency, Abraham Lincoln respected the rule  of law. Secession and the Civil War, however, led him to  expand presidential power in ways that often put him at  odds with the Supreme Court and Congress. In this incisive  essay collection, recognized scholars from a variety of  academic disciplines--including history, political science,  legal studies, and journalism--explore Lincoln's actions as  president and identify within his decision-making process  his commitment to law and order and the principles of the  Constitution. In so doing, they demonstrate how wartime  pressures and problems required Lincoln to confront the  constitutional limitations imposed on the chief executive  and expose the difficulty and ambiguity associated with the  protection of civil rights during the Civil War. Among the  topics addressed are civil liberties during wartime;  presidential pardons; the loyalty (or treason) of  government employees; Lincoln's political ideology and its  influence on his approach to citizenship; Lincoln's defense  of the Constitution, the Union, and popular government;  constitutional restraints on Lincoln as he dealt with  slavery and emancipation; and how Lincoln's image has been  used in presidential rhetoric. Although varied in their  strategies and methodologies, these essays expand our  understanding of Lincoln's vision for a United Nation  grounded in the Constitution. Together, they provide an  illuminating examination of the law as Lincoln applied it,  the expansion of presidential war powers, and the  foundation for the transformation of American society. "--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/769294},
}