Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation : Constitutional Conflict in the American Civil War /

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"The Civil War placed the U.S. Constitution under unprecedented--and, to this day, still unmatched--strain. Neely examines for the first time in one book the U.S. Constitution and its often overlooked cousin, the Confederate Constitution, and the ways the documents shaped the struggle for natio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Neely, Mark E., Jr
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Views on the Constitution.
Legislation
Habeas corpus
Constitutional history
Civil rights
LAW > Public.
LAW > Constitutional.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Constitutions.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Habeas corpus > États-Unis > Histoire.
Histoire constitutionnelle > États-Unis.
Histoire constitutionnelle > États confederes d'Amerique.
Civil rights > Confederate States of America > History.
Habeas corpus > United States > History.
Constitutional history > United States.
Constitutional history > Confederate States of America.
United States > Confederate States of America
United States
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Law and legislation.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Secession and anarchy : Lincoln's view of the constitution and the nation
  • Habeas corpus, the nation, and the presidency
  • The Emancipation Proclamation : the triumph of nationalism over racism and the constitution
  • Soldiers in the courtroom
  • The nation in the courts : the least dangerous branch fights the civil war
  • Secession : deratifying the constitution
  • The police state of Richmond
  • State rights in the confederacy.

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