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Lincoln's Constitution.(Book Review)
From:
Michigan Law Review
| Date:
May 1, 2004| Author:
Lerner, Craig S.
| COPYRIGHT 2004 Michigan Law Review Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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LINCOLN'S CONSTITUTION. By Daniel Farber. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2003. Pp. ix, 240. $27.50.
The year is 1860. After failing to obtain, as he had expected, the Democratic Party nomination for President at its Charleston convention, Stephen Douglas abandons his candidacy. In the ensuing election, Democrat John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky edges Republican Abraham Lincoln. (1) The official platform of the Democratic Party includes endorsement of the Dred Scott...
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