Secession on trial : the treason prosecution of Jefferson Davis / Cynthia Nicoletti.
2017
KF223.D3855 N53 2017 (Mapit)
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Secession on trial : the treason prosecution of Jefferson Davis / Cynthia Nicoletti.
Imprint
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Copyright
©2017.
Description
xii, 345 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
Studies in legal history.
Formatted Contents Note
The imprisoner's dilemma
Two lions of the New York bar
O'Conor's bluff
The Civil War as a trial by battle
The return of the rule of law
Speed issues an opinion
Public opinion and its uses
Thaddeus Stevens, secession, and Radical Reconstruction
Underwood and Chase
Secession and belligerency in Shortridge v. Macon
Richard Henry Dana comes on board
The reach of the Prize Cases
Two embattled Presidents
O'Conor's triumph
Epilogue : Texas v. White and the "settlement" of secession's constitutionality.
Two lions of the New York bar
O'Conor's bluff
The Civil War as a trial by battle
The return of the rule of law
Speed issues an opinion
Public opinion and its uses
Thaddeus Stevens, secession, and Radical Reconstruction
Underwood and Chase
Secession and belligerency in Shortridge v. Macon
Richard Henry Dana comes on board
The reach of the Prize Cases
Two embattled Presidents
O'Conor's triumph
Epilogue : Texas v. White and the "settlement" of secession's constitutionality.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
STA
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KF223.D3855 N53 2017
Language
English
ISBN
9781108415521 hardcover
1108415520 hardcover
9781108401531 paperback
1108401538 paperback
1108415520 hardcover
9781108401531 paperback
1108401538 paperback
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