Title: Lincoln, the Constitution of Necessity, and the Necessity of Constitutions
Abstract: * Judge Donald L. Smith Professor of Constitutional and Public Law, Wake Forest University School of Law. I owe special thanks to Professors Ronald Wright, Shannon Gilreath, and Robert Chesney, and to research assistants Malcolm Futhey, Matthew Breeding, Jessica Pyle, Samuel Harvey, and Saad Gul. Their valuable suggestions improved this piece. The mistakes and misconceptions are my own. 1 Scott Shane, Behind Power, One Principle, NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 17, 2005 at A-1. The brackets are facts added by Michael Curtis. 2 Id. at A-18. 3 E.g., COLIN RHYS LOVELL, ENGLISH CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL HISTORY, 304-05, 313 (1962). 4 Id. at 409-10. Lincoln, the Constitution of Necessity, and the Necessity of Constitutions
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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