num_pages: 336
description: Traces the political and personal clashes between the sixteenth president and his Chief Justice, profiling their disparate views about African-American rights, the South's legal ability to secede, and presidential constitutional powers during wartime. 40,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney: Slavery, Secession, and the President's War Powers
titlecomplete: Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney: Slavery, Secession, and the President's War Powers
characters: Roger B. Taney, Abraham Lincoln
genres: Law, History, Presidents, American History, Civil War, Biography, Nonfiction, American Civil War, Politics
ratings_count: 306
publisher: Simon & Schuster