Secession on Trial: The Treason Prosecution of Jefferson Davis

ISBN-13: 9781108401531 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 356 str.

Cynthia Nicoletti

Opis

This book explores the treason trial of President Jefferson Davis, where the question of secession's constitutionality was debated.

Recenzje

'Secession on Trial stands as a deeply informative, thoroughly researched, and groundbreaking work about the ideological and factual context of the Davis trial. Nicoletti set herself a very difficult project and succeeds in creating a narrative told through a range of voices that questions what has become the Davis trial's standard narrative of Radical Republican consensus. Readers with an interest in legal history, debates about the nature of treason, and memorialization of the US Civil War will greatly appreciate her efforts.' Claire Wolnisty, H-Nationalism

Spis treści

1. The imprisoner's dilemma; 2. Two lions of the New York Bar; 3. O'Conor's bluff; 4. The Civil War as a trial by battle; 5. The return of the rule of law; 6. Speed issues an opinion; 7. Public opinion and its uses; 8. Thaddeus Stevens, secession, and radical reconstruction; 9. Underwood and Chase; 10. Secession and belligerency in Shortridge v. Macon; 11. Richard Henry Dana comes on board; 12. The reach of the prize cases; 13. Two embattled Presidents; 14. O'Conor's triumph epilogue: Texas v. White and the 'settlement' of secession's constitutionality; Index.