Neff, Stephen C.

Justice in blue and gray : a legal history of the Civil War / Stephen C. Neff. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010. - 350 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Breaking a nation -- Desperate measures -- Fighting by the rules -- Occupying territory and seizing property -- The end of a peculiar institution -- Taking liberties on the home front -- The world watches -- The art of blockade -- Ending a rebellion -- Forgiving but not forgetting.

9780674036024 (alk. paper)

2009029638


War and emergency powers--History.--United States
Secession--History.--United States
Military law--History.--United States
Slavery--Law and legislation--History.--United States
Amnesty--History.--United States
War (International law)--History.


United States--History--Claims.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

KF5060 / .N44 2010

973.7/1