Lincoln, the law, and presidential leadership / edited by Charles M. Hubbard.
Hubbard, Charles M., 1939- editor.
2015
KF368.L52 L56 2015eb
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Title Lincoln, the law, and presidential leadership / edited by Charles M. Hubbard.
ISBN 9780809334544
0809334542
9780809334551 (electronic book)
Published Carbondale, Illinois : Southern Illinois University Press, [2015]
Copyright ©2015
Language English
Description 1 online resource (228 pages) : illustrations
Call Number KF368.L52 L56 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 973.7092 B
Summary "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. "-- Provided by publisher.
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Introduction / Charles M. Hubbard
Abraham Lincoln : lawyer, leader, President / Daniel W. Stowell
Lincoln and citizenship / Mark E. Steiner
Lincoln's divided house : the Constitution and the Union / Charles M. Hubbard
Abraham Lincoln and civil liberties in wartime / Frank J. Williams
"I claim not to have controlled events" : Lincoln leadership, and the Emanicipation struggle / Edna Greene Medford
The Quality of mercy : Abraham Lincoln and the presidential power to pardon / Ron Soodalter
Lincoln and the law of war / Burrus M. Carnaham
Lincoln an the potter Congressional Committee concerning the loyalty of government employees / Natalie Sweet
Equality, statesmanship, and the Lincoln image in progressive presidential rhetoric / Jason R. Jividen.

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