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An edition of All the Laws but One (1998)

All the laws but one

civil liberties in wartime

1st ed.

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In 1861, with the survival of the United States in jeopardy, Abraham Lincoln - the Great Emancipator and champion of human freedom - responded to the national threat by suspending the writ of habeas corpus, a traditional bulwark of individual liberty.

Lincoln's decision reveals in stark terms a conflict inherent in the practice of American democracy, and in this absorbing new study the Chief Justice of the United States examines the inevitable clash between the demands of a successful war effort and the compelling need to protect civil liberties.

Taking his title from Lincoln's speech before Congress defending his suspension of the writ, William H. Rehnquist relates in vivid detail how the exigencies of wartime have strained, threatened, and ultimately confirmed our most cherished civil liberties.

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Knopf
Language
English
Pages
254

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Subjects

Civil rights, Habeas corpus, History, Law and legislation, United States Civil War, 1861-1865

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United States

Times

19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865
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Cover of: All the Laws but One
All the Laws but One: Civil Liberties in Wartime
January 4, 2000, Vintage
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Cover of: All the laws but one
All the laws but one: civil liberties in wartime
1998, Knopf
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-239) and index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
342.73/085
Library of Congress
KF4750 .R44 1998

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Pagination
xiii, 254 p. :
Number of pages
254

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OL352994M
ISBN 10
0679446613
LCCN
98012641
OCLC/WorldCat
1041804495
Library Thing
320177
Goodreads
4954251

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OL1851605W

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""A COLD DRIZZLE of rain was falling February 11 when Lincoln and his party of fifteen were to leave Springfield on the eight o'clock at the Great Western Railway Station."

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