The Body of John Merryman : : Abraham Lincoln and the Suspension of Habeas Corpus / / Brian McGinty.
In April 1861, President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus along the military line between Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. This allowed army officers to arrest and indefinitely detain persons who were interfering with military operations in the area. When John Merryman, a wealt...
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McGinty, Brian, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Body of John Merryman : Abraham Lincoln and the Suspension of Habeas Corpus / Brian McGinty. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2012] ©2011 1 online resource (272 p.) : 10 halftones text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE CHALLENGE -- 2. CONFLICTED GROUND -- 3. THE SQUIRE OF HAYFIELDS -- 4. THE WRIT AND THE SUSPENSION -- 5. ALL THE LAWS BUT ONE -- 6. WEIGHING IN -- 7. THE COURTS -- 8. A GENTLEMAN STILL -- 9. THE GREAT TRIBUNAL -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In April 1861, President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus along the military line between Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. This allowed army officers to arrest and indefinitely detain persons who were interfering with military operations in the area. When John Merryman, a wealthy Marylander suspected of burning bridges to prevent the passage of U.S. troops to Washington, was detained in Fort McHenry, the chief justice of the Supreme Court, Roger Taney, declared the suspension of habeas corpus unconstitutional and demanded Merryman's immediate release. Lincoln defied Taney's order, offering his own forceful counter-argument for the constitutionality of his actions. Thus the stage was set for one of the most dramatic personal and legal confrontations the country has ever witnessed.The Body of John Merryman is the first book-length examination of this much-misunderstood chapter in American history. Brian McGinty captures the tension and uncertainty that surrounded the early months of the Civil War, explaining how Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus was first and foremost a military action that only subsequently became a crucial constitutional battle. McGinty's narrative brings to life the personalities that drove this uneasy standoff and expands our understanding of the war as a legal-and not just a military, political, and social-conflict. The Body of John Merryman is an extraordinarily readable book that illuminates the contours of one of the most significant cases in American legal history-a case that continues to resonate in our own time. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Habeas corpus United States. War and emergency powers United States. LAW / Constitutional. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2011 9783110261189 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PACKAGE ENGLISH LANGUAGES TITLES 2011 9783110261233 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PAKET RECHTSWISSENSCHAFTEN 2011 9783110261264 ZDB-23-DGC Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) 9783110756067 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442205 print 9780674061552 https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674063259 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674063259 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674063259.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE CHALLENGE -- 2. CONFLICTED GROUND -- 3. THE SQUIRE OF HAYFIELDS -- 4. THE WRIT AND THE SUSPENSION -- 5. ALL THE LAWS BUT ONE -- 6. WEIGHING IN -- 7. THE COURTS -- 8. A GENTLEMAN STILL -- 9. THE GREAT TRIBUNAL -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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