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Lincoln and the Court / Brian McGinty.
LIBRA KF8742 .M32 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McGinty, Brian.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Supreme Court--History.
- United States.
- United States. Supreme Court--Biography.
- United States. Supreme Court.
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 375 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Lincoln & the Court
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- 1 A Solemn Oath 12
- 2 Dred Scott 38
- 3 First Blood 65
- 4 Judges and Circuits 92
- 5 The Prizes 118
- 6 The Boom of Cannon 176
- 7 The Old Lion 193
- 8 A New Chief 212
- 9 A Law for Rulers and People 238
- 10 The Union Is Unbroken 265
- 11 History in Marble 292
- Afterword: The Legacy 300.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [350]-363) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674026551
- 0674026551
- OCLC:
- 154669158
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