Lincoln and the Court /

Lincoln and the Court / / Brian McGinty.

Show other versions (1)

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 pl...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
McGinty, Brian,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]
©2008
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of 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

Similar Items