Constitutional problems under Lincoln
By: by James G. Randall ...
Publisher: D. Appleton and Company
Published: 1926
Place of publication: New York; London
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Constitutional history -- United States; Constitutional law -- United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
Table of contents: title: The Constitution and the war powers; title: The legal nature of the Civil War; title: The law of treason; title: The treatment of confederate leaders; title: The power to suspend the habeas corpus privilege; title: Military rule and arbitrary arrests; title: Martial law and military commissions; title: The Indemnity Act of 1863; title: The régime of conquest in occupied districts of the south; title: Legal and constitutional bearings of conscription; title: The policy of confiscation; title: The right of confiscation; title: Restoration of captured and confiscated property; title: Steps toward emancipation; title: Emancipation completed; title: State and federal relations during the Civil War; title: The partition of Virginia; title: The relation of the government to the press; title: Summary and conclusion.