The body of John Merryman
Subtitle: Abraham Lincoln and the suspension of habeas corpus
By: Brian McGinty
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9780674061552
Subjects: United States; Trials, litigation; War and emergency powers; United States. Supreme Court; Habeas corpus
Description: 253 p., [10] p. of plates : 22 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-242) and index.
Table of contents: title: The challenge; title: Conflicted ground; title: The squire of Hayfields; title: The writ and the suspension; title: All the laws but one; title: Weighing in; title: The courts; title: A gentleman still; title: The great tribunal.