Constitutionalism in the approach and aftermath of the Civil War /
Moreno, Paul D.,1965-editor of compilation.
O'Neill, Johnathan G.(Johnathan George),editor of compilation.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Paul D. Moreno and Johnathan O'Neill -- Prologue : a second American revolution? george washington and the origins of the Civil War / Jeffry H. Morrison -- Martin van Buren as statesman : state rights and the rise of the "Free Soil" party / Christian Esh -- Lincoln on Black citizenship / Joseph R. Fornieri -- Lincoln, secession, and revolution : the Civil War challenge to the founding / Herman Belz -- The trial of Jefferson Davis and the Americanization of treason law / Jonathan W. White -- At every fireside : constitutional politics in the era of reconstruction / Michael Les Benedict -- "The legitimate object of government" : constitutional problems of Civil War era Republican policy / Paul D. Moreno -- Woodrow Wilson and the meaning of the Lincoln legacy / Ronald J. Pestritto -- The idea of constitutional conservatism in the early twentieth century / Johnathan O'Neill.
Constitutional history