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Lincoln and the Court / Brian McGinty.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McGinty, Brian.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Supreme Court--History.
- United States.
- United States. Supreme Court--Biography.
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (384 p. ) ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Lincoln & the Court
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In a meticulously researched and engagingly written narrative, McGinty rescues the story of Abraham Lincoln and the Supreme Court from long and undeserved neglect, recounting the compelling history of the Civil War president's relations with the nation's highest tribunal and the role it played in resolving the agonizing issues raised by the conflict.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. A Solemn Oath
- 2. Dred Scott
- 3. First Blood
- 4. Judges and Circuits
- 5. The Prizes
- A Gallery of Justices
- 6. The Boom of Cannon
- 7. The Old Lion
- 8. A New Chief
- 9. A Law for Rulers and People
- 10. The Union Is Unbroken
- 11. History in Marble
- Afterword: The Legacy
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Notes:
- Originally published: 2008.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [350]-363) and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9780674040823
- 0674040821
- OCLC:
- 1013946982
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