Speeches, Arguments, and Miscellaneous Papers of David Dudley Field, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Field, David Dudley

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330736184 ISBN 13 : 9781330736180

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

This book recounts the case of three men arrested during the closing months of the American Civil War and put to trial before a military commission. While the book delves into the legal and constitutional questions surrounding their detention, it also examines the broader issues of civil liberties and governmental power in times of conflict. The author argues that the trial of these men was a miscarriage of justice, and that their convictions and death sentences were unconstitutional and illegal. In the process, the book raises fundamental questions about the balance between individual rights and national security, and the limits of executive authority during wartime.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

David Dudley Field was bom in 1805 in Connecticut and died in New York City in 1894, having achieved in his lifetime the honor of being known as The Father of United States legal reform. He spent his whole life campaigning to bring about codification of common-law procedure in New York State. While the codification was never completely adopted in New York, the codes that he worked on were extensively adopted in many other States and other countries. His arguments for codifying common-law procedure were published in a pamphlet entitled The Reorganization of the Judiciary. This pamphlet was instrumental in persuading the New York Constitutional Convention of 1847 to favorably consider a codification of the law. In an 1894 article written on the occasion of Field sdeath, the author admiringly stated that his work will never be forgotten because it forms a conspicuous part of the progress of man himself toward that intelligent regulation of life which is the object of all law. The author goes on to say that the admirable qualifications of Mr. Field for the great tasks which he accomplished would not have been complete without his advanced conception of the law itself. He was not a case lawyer. He appeared to survey law in the direct relation which the whole and each part bears to public welfare. 2. Roy M. Mersky University of Texas Tarlton Law Library 1. Austin A bbott, The Work of David Dudley .F ield, Review of Reviews, Vol. 9, no. 5, May 1894, p. 550. 2. I bid. THE PUBLISHED WORKS OF DAVID DUDLEY FIELD Address of David Dudley Field...P resident of the (A merican Bar A ssociat ion at the Twelfth Annual Meeting, at Chicago. August 28. 1889. Philadelphia: Dando Printing and Publishing Co., 1889. 15 p. Address of David Dudley Field...P resident of the (A merican Bar) A ssociat ion at the Twelfth Annual Meeting, at Chicago. August 28. 1889. Phila delphia: Dando Pr
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330736184
• ISBN 13: 9781330736180
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 595
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