The body of John Merryman : Abraham Lincoln and the suspension of habeas corpus /

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"In April 1861, President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus along the military line between Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. This allowed army officers to arrest and indefinitely detain persons who were interfering with military operations in the area. When John Merryman, a...

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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, 2011.
Subjects:
Merryman, John, > 1824-1881 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Merryman, John, > 1824-1881
Lincoln, Abraham > 1809-1865
Taney, Roger Brooke > 1777-1865
Merryman, John.
United States. > Supreme Court.
États-Unis. > Supreme Court.
United States. > Supreme Court
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
War and emergency powers > United States.
Habeas corpus > United States.
Habeas corpus > États-Unis.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Habeas corpus
War and emergency powers
Haftprüfung
Sezessionskrieg > 1861-1865
United States
Ex parte Merryman (1861)
Trials, litigation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The challenge
  • Conflicted ground
  • The squire of Hayfields
  • The writ and the suspension
  • All the laws but one
  • Weighing in
  • The courts
  • A gentleman still
  • The great tribunal.

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