Lincoln's Legacy: Ethics and PoliticsPhillip Shaw Paludan The four new essays in Lincoln's Legacy describe major ethical problems that the sixteenth president navigated what can be learned from how he did so. The distinguished and award-winning Lincoln scholars William Miller, Mark E. Neely Jr., Phillip Shaw Paludan, and Mark Summers describe Lincoln's attitudes and actions during encounters with questions of politics, law, constitutionalism, patronage, and democracy. The remarkably focused essays include an assessment of Lincoln's virtues in the presidency, the first study on Lincoln and patronage in more than a decade, a challenge to the cliché of Lincoln the democrat, and a study of habeas corpus, Lincoln, and state courts. On the eve of the bicentennial celebration of Lincoln's birth, Lincoln's Legacy highlights his enduring importance in contemporary conversations about law, politics, and democracy. |
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... 5. Political ethics - United States — Case studies . 6. Presidents - United States - Biography . I. Paludan , Phillip S. , 1938– E457.2.E842 2008 973.7092 - dc22 2007023287 Contents 1 . 2 . Introduction vii Lincoln and Democracy copyright.
... Democracy 1 Phillip Shaw Paludan The Exacting Legacy of a Virtuous President 13 William Lee Miller 3. Lincoln Spoils the War 30 Mark W. Summers 4. " Seeking a Cause of Difficulty with the Government " : Reconsidering Freedom of Speech ...
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