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UNINA9910964365203321 |
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McGinty Brian |
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The body of John Merryman : Abraham Lincoln and the suspension of habeas corpus / / Brian McGinty |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2011 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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War and emergency powers - United States |
Habeas corpus - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-242) and index. |
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The challenge -- Conflicted ground -- The squire of Hayfields -- The writ and the suspension -- All the laws but one -- Weighing in -- The courts -- A gentleman still -- The great tribunal. |
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In April 1861, President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus along the military line between Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. This allowed army officers to arrest and indefinitely detain persons who were interfering with military operations in the area. When John Merryman, a wealthy Marylander suspected of burning bridges to prevent the passage of U.S. troops to Washington, was detained in Fort McHenry, the chief justice of the Supreme Court, Roger Taney, declared the suspension of habeas corpus unconstitutional and demanded Merryman's immediate release. Lincoln defied Taney's order, offering his own forceful counter-argument for the constitutionality of his actions. Thus the stage was set for one of the most dramatic personal and legal confrontations the country has ever witnessed.The Body of John Merryman is the first book-length examination of this much-misunderstood chapter in American history. Brian McGinty captures the tension and uncertainty that surrounded the early months of the Civil War, explaining how Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus was first and foremost a military action that only subsequently became a crucial constitutional battle. McGinty's narrative brings to life the personalities |
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that drove this uneasy standoff and expands our understanding of the war as a legal-and not just a military, political, and social-conflict. The Body of John Merryman is an extraordinarily readable book that illuminates the contours of one of the most significant cases in American legal history-a case that continues to resonate in our own time. |
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UNINA9910961531203321 |
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Autore |
Choi Nankyung |
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Local politics in Indonesia : pathways to power / / Nankyung Cho |
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Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2011 |
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1-136-64917-4 |
1-283-46250-8 |
9786613462503 |
1-136-64918-2 |
0-203-80559-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (169 p.) |
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Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series ; ; 38 |
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Local elections - Indonesia |
Indonesia Politics and government 1998- |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Local Politics in Indonesia; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: decentralizing democracy?; 1. Democracy and local power struggle; 2. Winning mayorship by 21 votes; 3. The rise of local elites, with money and sosok; 4. Oligarchic and paralyzed political parties; 5. The reassertion of patrimonial politics; Conclusion: political change and pathways to power; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Competitive elections have become an institutionalized feature of contemporary Indonesia's politics. This, together with other considerations, makes it reasonable to call Indonesia the world's third largest democracy. Nonetheless, democratic elections in Indonesia are |
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both more complex and interesting than is commonly understood. This book explores how local elections in Indonesia have affected the development and dynamics of Indonesia's fledgling democracy. Based on fine-grained analyses of elections in five localities, the book shows how Indonesia's transition to direct elections of local |
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