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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 pl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McGinty, Brian (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Temas:
Constitutional history > United States.
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877).
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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