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Author:

McGinty, Brian.

Title:

The body of John Merryman : Abraham Lincoln and the suspension of habeas corpus / Brian McGinty.

Publisher:

Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

253 p., [10] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Merryman, John,--1824-1881--Trials, litigation, etc.
United States.--Supreme Court.
War and emergency powers--United States.
Habeas corpus--United States.
Ex parte Merryman (1861)

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

0674061551
9780674061552

OCLC:

(OCoLC)709576087

LCCN:

2011012149

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)