All the laws but one
Subtitle: civil liberties in wartime
By: William H. Rehnquist.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
Subjects: Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Habeas corpus -- United States -- History; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Law and legislation
Description: In 1861, with the survival of the United States in jeopardy, Abraham Lincoln - the Great Emancipator and champion of human freedom - responded to the national threat by suspending the writ of habeas corpus, a traditional bulwark of individual liberty.

Lincoln's decision reveals in stark terms a conflict inherent in the practice of American democracy, and in this absorbing new study the Chief Justice of the United States examines the inevitable clash between the demands of a successful war effort and the compelling need to protect civil liberties.

Taking his title from Lincoln's speech before Congress defending his suspension of the writ, William H. Rehnquist relates in vivid detail how the exigencies of wartime have strained, threatened, and ultimately confirmed our most cherished civil liberties.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-239) and index.