Opposing Lincoln Clement L. Vallandigham, presidential power, and the legal battle over dissent in wartime /

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"Denying Lincoln tackles the issue of the limits of dissent in wartime, using as a case study the arrest and trial by military commission of the leader of the Copperhead opposition to the Lincoln administration, Clement Vallandigham, who was convicted and sentenced to prison for a speech delive...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mackey, Thomas C., 1956- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2020]
Colección:Landmark law cases & American society.
Temas:
Vallandigham, Clement L. > (Clement Laird), > 1820-1871 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865
Vallandigham, Clement L. > (Clement Laird), > 1820-1871
1800-1899
War and emergency powers > United States > History > 19th century.
Executive power > United States > History > 19th century.
Pouvoir exécutif > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Executive power
Legislation
War and emergency powers
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Law and legislation.
United States
History
Trials, litigation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Crisis of the Union and the rise of internal dissent
  • Copperheads and Vallandigham in the Old Northwest
  • Lincoln and presidential war powers
  • "A despotism as unmitigated as the world has every known" : Burnside, Vallandigham, Leavitt, and Lincoln
  • "Buts" and "ifs" and "ands" : Lincoln, Corning, Wayne, and Davis
  • Conclusion: "The progress of our arms" : the evergreen question.

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