Abraham Lincoln, Esq
Subtitle: the legal career of America's greatest president
By: edited by Roger Billings and Frank J. Williams
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky; The University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lexington, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9780813126081; 9780813136530; 9780813126098
Subjects: Presidents; Lawyers; Career in law; Biography
Other titles: Abraham Lincoln, Esquire
Description: "This book examines Lincoln's law practice and the effect it had on his presidency and the country. Each chapter offers an expansive look at Lincoln's legal mind and covers diverse topics such as Lincoln's legal writing, ethics, the Constitution, and international law."--Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Reassessing Lincoln's legal career  -- Harold Holzer; title: Lincoln's lessons for lawyers  -- Frank J. Williams; title: Does lawyer Lincoln matter?  -- Mark E. Steiner; title: A. Lincoln, respectable "prairie lawyer"  -- Brian Dirck; title: A. Lincoln, debtor-creditor lawyer  -- Roger Billings -- The; title: power of Lincoln's legal words  -- John A. Lupton; title: Competence, diligence, and getting paid : Lincoln's lessons for today's ethical lawyer  -- William T. Ellis and Billie J. Ellis Jr.; title: Lincoln's legal ethics : the client correspondence  -- Roger Billings; title: Lincoln and the Kentuckians : placing Lincoln in context with lawyers and clients from his native state  -- Christopher A. Schnell; title: Abraham Lincoln as practical constitutional lawyer  -- Mackubin Thomas Owens; title: President Lincoln : the international lawyer -- William D. Pederson.