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Justice Curtis in the Civil War Era
Stuart Streichler
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Description for Justice Curtis in the Civil War Era
Hardback. This book uses the life and work of lawyer and Supreme Court justice, Benjamin R. Curtis, as a window on the most serious constitutional crisis in American history, the Civil War. The book reassesses Curtis's common-law methods in the context of his times and shows how his views continue to shed light on issues. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
During a career as both a lawyer and a Supreme Court justice, Benjamin R. Curtis addressed practically every major constitutional question of the mid-nineteenth century, making judgments that still resonate in American law. Aside from a family memoir written by his brother over one hundred years ago, however, no book-length treatment of Curtis exists. Now Stuart Streichler has filled this gap in judicial biography, using Curtis's life and work as a window on the most serious constitutional crisis in American history, the Civil War. Curtis was the lead attorney for President Andrew Johnson in the Senate's impeachment trial, where he ... Read more
During a career as both a lawyer and a Supreme Court justice, Benjamin R. Curtis addressed practically every major constitutional question of the mid-nineteenth century, making judgments that still resonate in American law. Aside from a family memoir written by his brother over one hundred years ago, however, no book-length treatment of Curtis exists. Now Stuart Streichler has filled this gap in judicial biography, using Curtis's life and work as a window on the most serious constitutional crisis in American history, the Civil War. Curtis was the lead attorney for President Andrew Johnson in the Senate's impeachment trial, where he ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813923420
SKU
V9780813923420
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Reviews for Justice Curtis in the Civil War Era
Curtis was an extremely important political and legal figure during the nineteenth century, yet he remarkably lacks a serious biography.... Professor Streichler does a first-rate job. No need exists for a further biography. - Mark Graber, University of Maryland, author of Transforming Free Speech: The Ambiguous Legacy of Civil Libertarianism