The blackstone of military law : Colonel William Winthrop / Joshua E. Kastenberg ; Martin Gordon, consulting editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kastenberg, Joshua E., 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judge advocates--United States--Biography.

Judge advocates.

Lawyers--Massachusetts--Boston--Biography.

Lawyers.

Lawyers--Minnesota--Biography.

Winthrop, William, 1831-1899.

Winthrop, William.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Colonel William Winthrop singularly was the most influential person in developing the military law of the United States. A half century ago, the Supreme Court tendered to Winthrop the title, 'The Blackstone of Military Law,' meaning simply that his influence outshone all others. He has been cited over twenty times by the highest court and well over a thousand times by other federal courts, state courts, and legal texts. In this, he surpasses most other legal scholars, save Joseph Story, John Marshall, or Felix Frankfurter.

Contents:

A privileged lineage

From youth to Yale : the making of a legal mind

Bostonian lawyer with stirrings of abolitionism

Frontier lawyer in the Minnesota Territory

The Winthrop brothers go to war

A sharpshooter on the Peninsula Campaign

From Second Manassas to Fredericksburg : "I had some pretty close escapes"

Civil War judge advocate

Professionalizing a "Constitutional Army" in a time of uncertainty : 1865-1895

Professionalizing the practice of military law : Winthrop's influence cemented

Marriage and field service under the command of John M. Schofield

West Point professor to the end of a career

Epilogue : retirement and death.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-342).

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

1-282-49969-6

9786612499692

0-8108-6301-4

OCLC:

371190566