TY  - BOOK
AU  - McGinty,Brian
TI  - The Body of John Merryman: Abraham Lincoln and the Suspension of Habeas Corpus
SN  - 9780674063259
AV  - KF223 
U1  - 347.73/5 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Merryman, John,-1824-1881-Trials, litigation, etc
KW  - United States.-Supreme Court
KW  - War and emergency powers-United States
KW  - Habeas corpus-United States
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Challenge -- 2. Conflicted Ground -- 3. The Squire of Hayfields -- 4. The Writ and the Suspension -- 5. All the Laws but One -- 6. Weighing In -- 7. The Courts -- 8. A Gentleman Still -- 9. The Great Tribunal -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - When Chief Justice Taney declared Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus unconstitutional and demanded the release of John Merryman, Lincoln defied the order, offering a forceful counter-argument for the constitutionality of his actions. The result was one of the most significant cases in American legal history--a case that resonates in our own time
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ER  -