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Author McGinty, Brian.

Title The body of John Merryman [electronic resource] : Abraham Lincoln and the suspension of habeas corpus / Brian McGinty.

Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 253 p., [10] p. of plates : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-242) and index.
Contents The challenge -- Conflicted ground -- The squire of Hayfields -- The writ and the suspension -- All the laws but one -- Weighing in -- The courts -- A gentleman still -- The great tribunal.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Merryman, John, 1824-1881 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
United States. Supreme Court.
War and emergency powers -- United States.
Habeas corpus -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0674061551
9780674061552
9780674063259 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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