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All the laws but one : civil liberties in wartime / William H. Rehnquist.
LIBRA KF4750 .R44 2000
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rehnquist, William H., 1924-2005.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil rights--United States--History--19th century.
- Civil rights.
- Habeas corpus.
- History.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Law and legislation.
- United States.
- Habeas corpus--United States--History.
- Legislation.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 254 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First Vintage Books edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Vintage Books, 2000.
- Summary:
- Chief Justice Rehnquist guides readers through various wartime policies and the legal decisions that tested civil liberties Americans traditionally enjoy. Photos.
- Contents:
- ch. 1 Mr. Lincoln goes to Washington
- ch. 2 Lincoln suspends habeas corpus
- ch. 3 Taney rebukes Lincoln
- ch. 4 Seward and Stanton
- ch. 5 Burnside and Vallandigham
- ch. 6 Copperheads in the heartland
- ch. 7 The Indianapolis treason trials
- ch. 8 David Davis and the Supreme Court
- ch. 9 The Arguments in the Milligan case
- ch. 10 The Milligan decision
- ch. 11 Lincoln is assassinated
- ch. 12 Confederates in Canada
- ch. 13 Booth's accomplices
- ch. 14 World War I
- ch. 15 World War II: Japanese internments
- ch. 16 Postwar criticism
- ch. 17 Hawaii under martial law
- ch. 18 Inter arma silent leges.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-239) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0679767320
- 9780679767329
- OCLC:
- 43469369
- Online:
- Book review (H-Net)
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