Secession on Trial: The Treason Prosecution of Jefferson Davis

Legal History › Courts and Procedure

Secession on Trial: The Treason Prosecution of Jefferson Davis

By Cynthia Nicoletti
Cambridge University Press December 2017

Specifications

ISBN-13
9781108401531
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
December 2017
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

This book focuses on the post-Civil War treason prosecution of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, which was seen as a test case on the major question that animated the Civil War: the constitutionality of secession.

The case never went to trial because it threatened to undercut the meaning and significance of Union victory. Cynthia Nicoletti describes the interactions of the lawyers who worked on both sides of the Davis case - who saw its potential to disrupt the verdict of the battlefield against secession.

In the aftermath of the Civil War, Americans engaged in a wide-ranging debate over the legitimacy and effectiveness of war as a method of legal adjudication. Instead of risking the 'wrong' outcome in the highly volatile Davis case, the Supreme Court took the opportunity to pronounce secession unconstitutional in Texas v. White (1869).

Table of Contents

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.
HKD 340.47 −3%
HKD 351.00

Inclusive of HK delivery

Ready to ship
Delivery Time: around 4-5 weeks
Extra 10 working days if shipping address outside Hong Kong
  • Free HK shipping over HK$1,000
  • International shipping to 35+ countries
Order Form
Save

Recommended

You may also be interested in these books:

More titles from Courts and Procedure

View all
Practical Civil Court Precedents Looseleaf
Sweet & Maxwell Ltd Subscriptions

Practical Civil Court Precedents Looseleaf

District Judge Stephen Gerlis
Archbold Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice 2020
Sweet & Maxwell U.K.

Archbold Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice 2020

Stephen Leake
Day Fines in Europe: Assessing Income-Based Sanctions in Criminal Justice Systems
Cambridge University Press

Day Fines in Europe: Assessing Income-Based Sanctions in Criminal Justice Systems

Elena Kantorowicz-Reznichenko; Michael Faure
HKD 580.06
Archbold Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice 2019
Sweet & Maxwell U.K.

Archbold Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice 2019

Stephen Leake
A Practical Guide to Advocacy in Family Proceedings 2nd Edition
Law Brief Publishing

A Practical Guide to Advocacy in Family Proceedings 2nd Edition

Stuart Barlow
HKD 699.86
Trial of Henry Hunt and Others: The Peterloo Massacre
Mango Books

Trial of Henry Hunt and Others: The Peterloo Massacre

Caitlincc Kitchener
HKD 824.60