Abraham Lincoln,9780847694310

Abraham Lincoln

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ISBN13: 9780847694310
ISBN10: 0847694313
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-12-01
Publisher(s): Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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Summary

Renowned scholar George Anastaplo describes a side of Abraham Lincoln that previous biographers have overlooked: the development and legacy of his legal and constitutional thought.

Author Biography

George Anastaplo is professor of law at Loyola University of Chicago, lecturer in the liberal arts at the University of Chicago, and professor emeritus at Dominican University. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.

Table of Contents

Prologue 1(10)
The Declaration of Independence: An Introduction
11(20)
The Declaration of Independence: On Rights and Duties
31(8)
The Northwest Ordinance
39(12)
Slavery and the Federal Convention of 1787
51(18)
The Common Law and the Organization of Government
69(12)
Alexis de Tocqueville on Democracy in America
81(32)
John C. Calhoun and Slavery
113(10)
Southern Illinois's Abraham Lincoln
123(12)
The Poetry of Abraham Lincoln
135(14)
The ``House Divided'' Speech
149(8)
The Lincoln--Douglas Debates
157(20)
The First Inaugural Address
177(8)
The Fourth of July Message to Congress
185(12)
The Emancipation Proclamation
197(32)
The Gettysburg Address
229(14)
The Second Inaugural Address
243(8)
Abraham Lincoln's Legacies
251(6)
Epilogue 257(6)
Notes 263(98)
Index 361(12)
About the Author 373

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