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- Book Title
- The Limits of Sovereignty
- ISBN-13
- 9780226314822
- ISBN
- 9780226314822
- Subject Area
- Law, History
- Publication Name
- Limits of Sovereignty : Property Confiscation in the Union and the Confederacy During the Civil War
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Item Length
- 0.9 in
- Subject
- United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Legal History
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.1 in
- Item Weight
- 17 Oz
- Item Width
- 0.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 200 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226314820
ISBN-13
9780226314822
eBay Product ID (ePID)
54246076
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
200 Pages
Publication Name
Limits of Sovereignty : Property Confiscation in the Union and the Confederacy During the Civil War
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Subject
United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Legal History
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Law, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
17 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2006-021186
Dewey Edition
22
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[The author] situates Civil War property confiscation as among the salient events that pushed liberal constitutionalism to unchallenged dominance and republicanism into total eclipse. Hamilton's closely argued book successfully links the Civil War with long-term trends in American history., "InThe Limits of Sovereignty,Daniel Hamilton uses the mostly ignored debates over confiscation to explore the tensions between individual property rights and community rights throughout the nineteenth century. This is a wonderfully engaging and thoughtful book-one that I have learned much from."--Alfred L. Brophy, University of Alabama Law School, A well written concise consideration of an important feature of the Civil War--first, the confiscation of enemy property by the Union sovereignty, and second, that of the so-called Confederacy during the Civil War. . . . An excellent introduction into one of the lesser known but signmificant legal aspects of the war., Diverse combatants presently debate limiting government's eminent domain power over private property. The debaters, and all of the readers of core Civil WarReconstruction histories, should exploit Hamilton's lucid inquiry into Lincoln-era property confiscation policies., "In The Limits of Sovereignty, Daniel Hamilton uses the mostly ignored debates over confiscation to explore the tensions between individual property rights and community rights throughout the nineteenth century. This is a wonderfully engaging and thoughtful book--one that I have learned much from."--Alfred L. Brophy, University of Alabama Law School, Hamilton has crafted an important advancement in the legal history of the era of the United States Civil War. . . . [The book] ought to find a place on the shelf of every serious scholar of the era, regardless of field., "Hamilton has crafted an important advancement in the legal history of the era of the United States Civil War. . . . [The book] ought to find a place on the shelf of every serious scholar of the era, regardless of field."Thomas C. Mackey, American Historical Review, "Diverse combatants presently debate limiting government's eminent domain power over private property. The debaters, and all of the readers of core Civil WarReconstruction histories, should exploit Hamilton's lucid inquiry into Lincoln-era property confiscation policies."Harold Hyman, Rice University, Making legal history interesting and comprehensible to nonlawyers is often a difficult task. Hamilton performs it skillfully. . . . A valuable contribution to nineteenth-century legal history.", "In The Limits of Sovereignty, Daniel Hamilton uses the mostly ignored debates over confiscation to explore the tensions between individual property rights and community rights throughout the nineteenth century. This is a wonderfully engaging and thoughtful bookone that I have learned much from."--Alfred L. Brophy, University of Alabama Law School, " The Limits of Sovereignty makes an important contribution to the legal and constitutional history of the Civil War and Reconstruction. Hamilton shows how debates over property confiscation in the Union, the Confederacy and in the Supreme Court raised fundamental questions of constitutional rights and civil liberties. This well-researched and well-written book provides new insights into how ideas of property and state power were debated and defined during the Civil War, with consequences that reach from Reconstruction to the present day."-- Robert J. Kaczorowski, Fordham University School of Law , "A well written concise consideration of an important feature of the Civil Warfirst, the confiscation of enemy property by the Union sovereignty, and second, that of the so-called Confederacy during the Civil War. . . . An excellent introduction into one of the lesser known but signmificant legal aspects of the war."Robert M. Spector, Law & Politics Review, "The Limits of Sovereigntymakes an important contribution to the legal and constitutional history of the Civil War and Reconstruction. Hamilton shows how debates over property confiscation in the Union, the Confederacy and in the Supreme Court raised fundamental questions of constitutional rights and civil liberties. This well-researched and well-written book provides new insights into how ideas of property and state power were debated and defined during the Civil War, with consequences that reach from Reconstruction to the present day."-- Robert J. Kaczorowski, Fordham University School of Law , "A well written concise consideration of an important feature of the Civil Warfirst, the confiscation of enemy property by the Union sovereignty, and second, that of the so-called Confederacy during the Civil War. . . . An excellent introduction into one of the lesser known but signmificant legal aspects of the war."Robert M. Spector,Law & Politics Review, Diverse combatants presently debate limiting government's eminent domain power over private property. The debaters, and all of the readers of core Civil War-Reconstruction histories, should exploit Hamilton's lucid inquiry into Lincoln-era property confiscation policies., "Clearly written and richly detailed, The Limits of Sovereignty demonstrates the crucial role debates over confiscation during the Civil War played in the construction of modern constitutional liberalism. This fascinating study will be of interest to specialists in American constitutional, legal, and political development, as well as to general readers wishing to learn about a vital, but often unexplored, episode of constitutional policy making during the Civil War."--Mark A. Graber, University of Maryland, "Clearly written and richly detailed, The Limits of Sovereignty demonstrates the crucial role debates over confiscation during the Civil War played in the construction of modern constitutional liberalism. This fascinating study will be of interest to specialists in American constitutional, legal, and political development, as well as to general readers wishing to learn about a vital, but often unexplored, episode of constitutional policy making during the Civil War."--Mark A. Graber, University of Maryland , I suspect a good many of us are going to have to revise a number of lectures to incorporate this material, which is not only scholarly but a fun read. Whatever you make of the general thesis, one I find largely convincing, The Limits of Sovereignty clearly demonstrates why students of American constitutional development must understand the confiscation debates of the Civil War and does so with polish and intelligence., "Clearly written and richly detailed,The Limits of Sovereigntydemonstrates the crucial role debates over confiscation during the Civil War played in the construction of modern constitutional liberalism. This fascinating study will be of interest to specialists in American constitutional, legal, and political development, as well as to general readers wishing to learn about a vital, but often unexplored, episode of constitutional policy making during the Civil War."--Mark A. Graber, University of Maryland , "In The Limits of Sovereignty, Daniel Hamilton uses the mostly ignored debates over confiscation to explore the tensions between individual property rights and community rights throughout the nineteenth century. This is a wonderfully engaging and thoughtful book-one that I have learned much from."--Alfred L. Brophy, University of Alabama Law School, " The Limits of Sovereignty makes an important contribution to the legal and constitutional history of the Civil War and Reconstruction. Hamilton shows how debates over property confiscation in the Union, the Confederacy and in the Supreme Court raised fundamental questions of constitutional rights and civil liberties. This well-researched and well-written book provides new insights into how ideas of property and state power were debated and defined during the Civil War, with consequences that reach from Reconstruction to the present day."-- Robert J. Kaczorowski, Fordham University School of Law, I suspect a good many of us are going to have to revise a number of lectures to incorporate this material, which is not only scholarly but a fun read. Whatever you make of the general thesis, one I find largely convincing,The Limits of Sovereigntyclearly demonstrates why students of American constitutional development must understand the confiscation debates of the Civil War and does so with polish and intelligence., A concise, well-written, and well argued account. . . . The insights of this fine book can be applied throughout the field of economic history., "In a focused and detailed analysis of confiscation by Union and Confederacy governments, Professor Daniel Hamilton reveals the underexplored effects of this dynamic epoch on constitutional understandings of property. . . . The Limits of Sovereignty is an accessible and compact book that offers valuable insight into the Civil War era and will be appealing to anyone interested in the story of property under the Constitution." Harvard Law Review, In a focused and detailed analysis of confiscation by Union and Confederacy governments, Professor Daniel Hamilton reveals the underexplored effects of this dynamic epoch on constitutional understandings of property. . . . The Limits of Sovereignty is an accessible and compact book that offers valuable insight into the Civil War era and will be appealing to anyone interested in the story of property under the Constitution., "A well written concise consideration of an important feature of the Civil War-first, the confiscation of enemy property by the Union sovereignty, and second, that of the so-called Confederacy during the Civil War. . . . Well recommended."-Law and Politics Book Review, "Diverse combatants presently debate limiting government's eminent domain power over private property. The debaters, and all of the readers of core Civil WarReconstruction histories, should exploit Hamilton's lucid inquiry into Lincoln-era property confiscation policies."-Harold Hyman, Rice University , "[The author] situates Civil War property confiscation as among the salient events that pushed liberal constitutionalism to unchallenged dominance and republicanism into total eclipse. Hamilton''s closely argued book successfully links the Civil War with long-term trends in American history."Stephen A. Siegel,Law and History Review, "Hamilton has crafted an important advancement in the legal history of the era of the United States Civil War. . . . [The book] ought to find a place on the shelf of every serious scholar of the era, regardless of field."Thomas C. Mackey,American Historical Review, A well written concise consideration of an important feature of the Civil War-first, the confiscation of enemy property by the Union sovereignty, and second, that of the so-called Confederacy during the Civil War. . . . An excellent introduction into one of the lesser known but signmificant legal aspects of the war., "[The author] situates Civil War property confiscation as among the salient events that pushed liberal constitutionalism to unchallenged dominance and republicanism into total eclipse. Hamilton''s closely argued book successfully links the Civil War with long-term trends in American history."Stephen A. Siegel, Law and History Review, "In a focused and detailed analysis of confiscation by Union and Confederacy governments, Professor Daniel Hamilton reveals the underexplored effects of this dynamic epoch on constitutional understandings of property. . . .The Limits of Sovereigntyis an accessible and compact book that offers valuable insight into the Civil War era and will be appealing to anyone interested in the story of property under the Constitution."--Harvard Law Review
Dewey Decimal
973.71
Table Of Content
Acknowledgements Introduction CHAPTER 1. Legislative Property Confiscation Before the War CHAPTER 2. Radical Property Confiscation in the Thirty-Seventh Congress CHAPTER 3. The Conservative Assault on Confiscation CHAPTER 4. The Moderate Coup CHAPTER 5. The Confederate Sequestration Act CHAPTER 6. The Ordeal of Sequestration CHAPTER 7. Civil War Confiscation in the Reconstruction Supreme Court Conclusion: The Limits of Sovereignty Notes Index
Synopsis
Americans take for granted that government does not have the right to permanently seize private property without just compensation. Yet for much of American history, such a view constituted the weaker side of an ongoing argument about government sovereignty and individual rights. What brought about this drastic shift in legal and political thought? Daniel W. Hamilton locates that change in the crucible of the Civil War. In the early days of the war, Congress passed the First and Second Confiscation Acts, authorizing the Union to seize private property in the rebellious states of the Confederacy, and the Confederate Congress responded with the broader Sequestration Act. The competing acts fueled a fierce, sustained debate among legislators and lawyers about the principles underlying alternative ideas of private property and state power, a debate which by 1870 was increasingly dominated by today's view of more limited government power. Through its exploration of this little-studied consequence of the debates over confiscation during the Civil War, The Limits of Sovereignty will be essential to an understanding of the place of private property in American law and legal history.
LC Classification Number
KF7221.H36 2007
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