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Abraham Lincoln, Esq. The Legal Career of America’s Greatest President

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Abraham Lincoln, Esq. The Legal Career of America\'s Greatest President

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Roger Billings and Frank J. Williams

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9780813139937, 9780813126081

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The University Press of Kentucky

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Lincoln scholars explore the president’s law career in this informative volume, examining his legal writings on matters from ethics to the Constitution. As our nation’s most beloved and recognizable president, Abraham Lincoln is best known for the Emancipation Proclamation and for guiding our country through the Civil War. But before he took the oath of office, Lincoln practiced law for nearly twenty-five years in the Illinois courts. In Abraham Lincoln, Esq., notable historiansexamine Lincoln’s law practice and the effect it had on his presidency and the country. This volume offers new perspectives on Lincoln’s work in Illinois as well as his time in Washington. Each chapter offers an expansive look at Lincoln’s legal mind and covers diverse topics such as Lincoln’s legal writing, ethics, Constitutional law, and international law. Abraham Lincoln, Esq. emphasizes this overlooked period in Lincoln’s career and sheds light on Lincoln’s life before he became America’s sixteenth president.

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Abraham Lincoln, Esq. The Legal Career of America’s Greatest President

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Abraham Lincoln, Esq. The Legal Career of America\'s Greatest President

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9780813126098, 9780813126081, 9780813136530, 9780813139937

Publisher

The University Press of Kentucky

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

As our nation’s most beloved and recognizable president, Abraham Lincoln is best known for the Emancipation Proclamation and for guiding our country through the Civil War. But before he took the oath of office, Lincoln practiced law for nearly twenty-five years in the Illinois courts. Abraham Lincoln, Esq.: The Legal Career of America’s Greatest President examines Lincoln’s law practice and the effect it had on his presidency and the country. Editors Roger Billings and Frank J. Williams, along with a notable list of contributors, examine Lincoln’s career as a general-practice attorney, looking both at his work in Illinois and at the time he spent in Washington. Each chapter offers an expansive look at Lincoln’s legal mind and covers diverse topics such as Lincoln’s legal writing, ethics, the Constitution, and international law. Abraham Lincoln, Esq. emphasizes this often overlooked period in Lincoln’s career and sheds light on Lincoln’s life before he became our sixteenth president.