Lincoln's ConstitutionUniversity of Chicago Press, 2011 M04 8 - 256 páginas In Lincoln's Constitution Daniel Farber leads the reader to understand exactly how Abraham Lincoln faced the inevitable constitutional issues brought on by the Civil War. Examining what arguments Lincoln made in defense of his actions and how his words and deeds fit into the context of the times, Farber illuminates Lincoln's actions by placing them squarely within their historical moment. The answers here are crucial not only for a better understanding of the Civil War but also for shedding light on issues-state sovereignty, presidential power, and limitations on civil liberties in the name of national security-that continue to test the limits of constitutional law even today. |
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... slavery and states' rights. These constitutional disputes had bedeviled the nation since the beginning. Sumter also began a military struggle that raised constitutional issues of its own. Our emphasis will be on the legal issues rather ...
... slavery and states' rights. These constitutional disputes had bedeviled the nation since the beginning. Sumter also began a military struggle that raised constitutional issues of its own. Our emphasis will be on the legal issues rather ...
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... slavery north of a line drawn at thirty-six degrees, thirty minutes. The battle over the extension of slavery to new territories was reignited by the war with Mexico. Some, like Wilmot, argued that Congress had the power to forbid ...
... slavery north of a line drawn at thirty-six degrees, thirty minutes. The battle over the extension of slavery to new territories was reignited by the war with Mexico. Some, like Wilmot, argued that Congress had the power to forbid ...
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Daniel A. Farber. slavery to the territorial legislature, Douglas hoped to finesse the slavery issue and keep it off the national agenda. His tactic backfired. Northerners were appalled by the repeal of the Missouri Compromise ...
Daniel A. Farber. slavery to the territorial legislature, Douglas hoped to finesse the slavery issue and keep it off the national agenda. His tactic backfired. Northerners were appalled by the repeal of the Missouri Compromise ...
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... slavery issue as an intolerable insult, as was Northern resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act. Fearful that Northern agitation would appeal to nonslaveholding Southerners and perhaps even goad the slaves to revolt, they demanded that the ...
... slavery issue as an intolerable insult, as was Northern resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act. Fearful that Northern agitation would appeal to nonslaveholding Southerners and perhaps even goad the slaves to revolt, they demanded that the ...
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... slavery: “They hedged and hemmed it in to the narrowest limits of necessity.” Thus, Lincoln said, existing rights to slaves had to be respected, but no extension of slavery could be tolerated.14 The end of the 1850s found the nation ...
... slavery: “They hedged and hemmed it in to the narrowest limits of necessity.” Thus, Lincoln said, existing rights to slaves had to be respected, but no extension of slavery could be tolerated.14 The end of the 1850s found the nation ...
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Sovereignty | 26 |
The Supreme Law of the Land | 45 |
The Union Forever? | 70 |
The Legitimacy of Coercion | 92 |
Presidential Power | 115 |
Individual Rights | 144 |
The Rule of Law in Dark Times | 176 |
The Lessons of History | 196 |
Notes | 201 |
Index | 235 |
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