Prairie defender: the murder trials of Abraham Lincoln

"The conventional wisdom says that most of Lincoln's practice involved collecting debt and representing railroads; that he only practiced law as a platform for his political career; that criminal law was only a minuscule part of his practice; and that he was particularly bad at defending h...

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1. Verfasser: Dekle, George R. 1948- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Carbondale Southern Illinois University Press [2017]
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Zusammenfassung:"The conventional wisdom says that most of Lincoln's practice involved collecting debt and representing railroads; that he only practiced law as a platform for his political career; that criminal law was only a minuscule part of his practice; and that he was particularly bad at defending homicide cases. A survey of Lincoln's murder cases demonstrates that he was first and foremost a trial lawyer, that the trial of criminal cases was an important part of his practice, and that he was not only a very good criminal trial lawyer, he was very capable of defending murder cases. Dekle devotes a chapter to each of Lincoln's well-documented criminal cases, paying particular attention to homicide cases. He consolidates cases for which we have little reference material into a single chapter and ends with an overall assessment of Lincoln as a criminal trial lawyer"...
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XIV, 231 Seiten Illustrationen, Porträts
ISBN:9780809335978

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