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Justice Curtis in the Civil War era : at the crossroads of American constitutionalism /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Streichler, Stuart, 1957-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2005.
Series:Constitutionalism and democracy.
Subjects:
Constitutional history > United States > 19th century.
Slavery > Law and legislation > United States > History > 19th century.
Judicial process > United States > History > 19th century.
Curtis, Benjamin Robbins, > 1809-1874.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Table of Contents:
  • In the Whig tradition
  • The fugitive slave controversy
  • Federal-state conflict in a commercial republic
  • The promise of due process
  • The Dred Scott case
  • The president's war powers
  • The Johnson impeachment trial.