The Body of John Merryman : : Abraham Lincoln and the Suspension of Habeas Corpus /

The Body of John Merryman : : Abraham Lincoln and the Suspension of Habeas Corpus / / Brian McGinty.

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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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2011
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McGinty, Brian,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2012]
©2011
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.) :; 10 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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