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The Papers of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
其他書名
Legal Documents and Cases
出版University of Virginia Press, 2008
ISBN08139260689780813926063
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=10gkAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Many in politics began their careers in the law; no one has cut such a distinguished path in this regard as Abraham Lincoln. Before his presidency, from 1836 to 1861, Lincoln practiced law in the courts of central Illinois. Part of an ambitious undertaking to collect and publish the surviving documentary record of Lincoln’s life, this four-volume set addresses his quarter-century law career. Arranged chronologically, the four volumes present documents from more than fifty of Lincoln’s most interesting, important, or representative cases, all of which are transcribed and annotated. The edition features illuminating essays on Lincoln’s career as a lawyer and as a court official, as well as a biographical directory, an extensive legal glossary, and a cumulative index covering all four volumes.