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All the Laws but One : Civil Liberties in Wartime William H. Rehn

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Publication Name
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN
9780679446613

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0679446613
ISBN-13
9780679446613
eBay Product ID (ePID)
536632

Product Key Features

Book Title
All the Laws but One : Civil Liberties in Wartime
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General, Legal History
Publication Year
1998
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Law
Author
William H. Rehnquist
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
22 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
98-012641
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
342.73/085
Synopsis
In 1861, with the survival of the United States in jeopardy, Abraham Lincoln--the Great Emancipator and champion of human freedom--responded to the national threat by suspending the writ of habeas corpus, a traditional bulwark of individual liberty. Lincoln's decision reveals in stark terms a conflict inherent in the practice of American democracy, and in this absorbing new study the Chief Justice of the United States examines the inevitable clash between the demands of a successful war effort and the compelling need to protect civil liberties. Taking his title from Lincoln's speech before Congress defending his suspention of the writ, William H. Rehnquist relates in vivid detail how the exigencies of wartime have strained, threatened, and ultimately confirmed our most cherished civil liberties. The decisions made by a wartime government are unlike those made in times of peace, and here the Chief Justice guides the reader through the various wartime policies--and the legal decisions that followed--that tested the civil liberties we traditionally enjoy: the Lincoln administration's prosecution of civilians before military tribunals (as well as of the alleged conspirators in the Lincoln assassination); the criminalization in World War I of speech inciting resistance to the draft; the forcible relocation of Japanese-Americans in World War II; and the imposition for nearly three years of martial law in Hawaii. Each of these instances illustrates the Roman dictum Inter arma silent leges, "In time of war the laws are silent"; but as Rehnquist argues, that silence alternates with voices raised in defense of civil liberties. Written with characteristic grace and authority, All the Laws but One is a fascinating blend of historical narrative and legal analysis, a major contribution to our understanding of the great American experiment.
LC Classification Number
KF4750.R44 1998

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