Uncivil warriors : the lawyers' Civil War / Peter Hoffer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffer, Peter Charles, 1944- author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postwar reconstruction--Law and legislation.

History.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation.

Secession.

War and emergency powers.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Law and legislation.

United States.

War and emergency powers--United States--History--19th century.

Secession--Southern States--History--19th century.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States--History--19th century.

Enslaved persons.

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).

Postwar reconstruction--Law and legislation--United States--History--19th century.

Postwar reconstruction.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 228 pages.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Introduction : A Civil War of, by, and for lawyers?

Prologue : The inseparability of politics and law : The first Lincoln-Douglas Debate

The contested legality of secession

A tale of two cabinets and two Congresses

In re Merryman and its progeny

Was secession a crime?

An Emancipation Proclamation

"A New Birth of Freedom"

Epilogue : The lawyers' Reconstruction

Conclusion : The lawyers' Civil War in retrospect.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Online version: Hoffer, Peter Charles, 1944- Uncivil warriors.

ISBN:

9780190851774

0190851775

Publisher Number:

99985048681

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.