The Blackstone of Military Law : Colonel William Winthrop.
Title:
The Blackstone of Military Law : Colonel William Winthrop.
Author:
Kastenberg, Joshua E.
ISBN:
9780810863019
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (352 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. A Privileged Lineage -- Chapter 2. From Youth to Yale: The Making of a Legal Mind -- Chapter 3. Bostonian Lawyer with Stirrings of Abolitionism -- Chapter 4. Frontier Lawyer in the Minnestoa Territory -- Chapter 5. The Winthrop Brothers Go to War -- Chapter 6. A Sharpshooter on the Peninsula Campaign -- Chapter 7. From Second Manassas to Fredericksburg: "I Had Some Pretty Close Escapes" -- Chapter 8. Civil War Judge Advocate -- Chapter 9. Professionalizing a "Constitutional Army" in a Time of Uncertainty: 1865-1895 -- Chapter 10. Professionalizing the Practice of Military Law: Winthrop's Influence Cemented -- Chapter 11. Marriage and Field Service under the Command of John M. Schofield -- Chapter 12. West Point Professor to the End of a Career -- Chapter 13. Epilogue: Retirement and Death -- Bibliography.
Abstract:
Colonel William Winthrop singularly was the most influential person in developing the military law of the United States. A half century ago, the Supreme Court tendered to Winthrop the title, 'The Blackstone of Military Law,' meaning simply that his influence outshone all others. He has been cited over twenty times by the highest court and well over a thousand times by other federal courts, state courts, and legal texts. In this, he surpasses most other legal scholars, save Joseph Story, John Marshall, or Felix Frankfurter.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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