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In a meticulously researched and engagingly written narrative, Brian 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McGinty, Brian
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
United States. > Supreme Court > History > 19th century.
United States. > Supreme Court > Biography.
États-Unis. > Supreme Court > Histoire > 19e siècle.
États-Unis. > Supreme Court > Biographies.
United States. > Supreme Court
1800-1899
Constitutional history > United States.
Histoire constitutionnelle > États-Unis.
LAW > Government > Federal.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Constitutional history
United States
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A solemn oath
  • Dred Scott
  • First blood
  • Judges and circuits
  • The prizes
  • The boom of Cannon
  • The old lion
  • A new chief
  • A law for rulers and people
  • The union is unbroken
  • History in marble
  • Afterward : The legacy.

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