Lincoln and the Court
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: February 15, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780674026551
Subjects: HIstory; Philosophy; History - Military / War; Courts - Supreme Court; Legal History; United States - Civil War; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); History & Surveys - Modern; Metaphysics; Biography; Constitutional history; Supreme Court; United States; United States
Description: In a meticulously researched and engagingly written narrative, Brian McGinty rescues the story of Abraham Lincoln and the Supreme Court from long and undeserved neglect, recounting the compelling history of the Civil War president's relations with the nation's highest tribunal and the role it played in resolving the agonizing issues raised by the conflict.