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1 online resource (ix, 342 pages) |
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A privileged lineage -- From youth to Yale : the making of a legal mind -- Bostonian lawyer with stirrings of abolitionism -- Frontier lawyer in the Minnesota Territory -- The Winthrop brothers go to war -- A sharpshooter on the Peninsula Campaign -- From Second Manassas to Fredericksburg : "I had some pretty close escapes" -- Civil War judge advocate -- Professionalizing a "constitutional army" in a time of uncertainty : 1865-1895 -- Professionalizing the practice of military law : Winthrop's influence cemented -- Marriage and field service under the command of John M. Schofield -- West Point professor to the end of a career -- Epilogue : retirement and death |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-342) |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Winthrop, William, 1831-1899.
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| SUBJECT |
Winthrop, William, 1831-1899 fast |
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Judge advocates -- United States -- Biography
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Lawyers -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography
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Lawyers -- Minnesota -- Biography
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LAW -- Legal History.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Lawyers & Judges.
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Judge advocates
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Lawyers
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Massachusetts -- Boston
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Minnesota
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United States
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780810863019 |
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0810863014 |
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1282499696 |
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9781282499690 |
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9786612499692 |
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6612499699 |
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