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by Cynthia Nicoletti


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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).

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  • Title Secession on Trial: The Treason Prosecution of Jefferson Davis
  • Author Cynthia Nicoletti
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 356
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press
  • Date 2017-10-19
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9781108415521 / 1108415520
  • Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.51 x 6.42 x 1 in (24.16 x 16.31 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Topical: Civil War
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - History - Civil War,, Trials (Treason) - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2017009820
  • Dewey Decimal Code 345.730

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