All the Laws but One Civil Liberties in Wartime

Name: All the Laws but One Civil Liberties in Wartime
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ISBN: 9780679767329

ISBN-10: 0679767320

ISBN-13: 9780679767329

Edition: 2000

Authors: William H. Rehnquist

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InAll the Laws but One, William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States, provides an insightful and fascinating account of the history of civil liberties during wartime and illuminates the cases where presidents have suspended the law in the name of national security. Abraham Lincoln, champion of freedom and the rights of man, suspended the writ of habeas corpus early in the Civil War--later in the war he also imposed limits upon freedom of speech and the press and demanded that political criminals be tried in military courts. During World War II, the government forced 100,000 U.S. residents of Japanese descent, including many citizens, into detainment camps. Through these and…

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List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/4/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English



Illustrations


Acknowledgments



Mr. Lincoln Goes to Washington



Lincoln Suspends Habeas Corpus



Taney Rebukes Lincoln



Seward and Stanton



Burnside and Vallandigham



Copperheads in the Heartland



The Indianapolis Treason Trials



David Davis and the Supreme Court



The Arguments in the Milligan Case



The Milligan Decision



Lincoln Is Assassinated



Confederates in Canada



Booth's Accomplices



World War I



World War II Japanese Internments



Postwar Criticism



Hawaii Under Martial Law



Inter Arma Silent Leges


Notes


Bibliography


Index