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Much has been written about Lincoln the wartime leader, Lincoln the emancipator and Lincoln the orator. Anastaplo (The Amendments to the Constitution: A Commentary), who teaches at several Chicago universities, tackles Lincoln the constitutional scholar. What, wonders Anastaplo, can close study of Lincoln's presidential addresses, messages and proclamations reveal about the complex matrix of thought that provided the ethical and legal foundation for Lincoln's public actions? Drawing not just on Lincoln's statements but also on the writings of philosophers (ranging from Aristotle to Theodore Parker) whom Lincoln is known to have read and respected, Anastaplo vividly reveals the 16th president's interpretation of the values expressed in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. Covering some of the same ground traversed in Garry Wills's Lincoln at Gettysburg, Anastaplo casts a slightly wider net by giving equal interpretative attention to the Gettysburg Address, the Emancipation Proclamation, the two inaugural addresses, the "House Divided" speech and Lincoln's statements during his famous debates with Stephen A. Douglas. All this makes for a remarkable portrait of Lincoln as a political philosopher whose thinking was always more subtle than his back-country myth implied. (Dec.)
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From Library Journal
Given the number of books on Abraham Lincoln already published, is another justified? Especially when more than half its chapters have been previously published, it raises more questions than it answers, and it is initially difficult to read as it explores the common-law sources of Lincoln's jurisprudence. Despite these potential weaknesses, prolific University of Chicago law professor Anastaplo successfully carves a niche in the crowded collection of Lincolniana. Anastaplo has spent more than three decades assessing American democracy's icon by focusing on the sources, styles, and legacy of Lincoln's constitutional perspective, which might be reduced to the two words most repeated by the author: prudent equality. The chapter on the Gettysburg Address is a classic. A paperback edition is merited so that it may be widely used in constitutional law and Civil War courses. Highly recommended.AWilliam D. Pederson, Louisiana State Univ., Shreveport
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Much has been written about Lincoln the wartime leader, Lincoln the emancipator and Lincoln the orator. Anastaplo (The Amendments to the Constitution: A Commentary), who teaches at several Chicago universities, tackles Lincoln the constitutional scholar. What, wonders Anastaplo, can close study of Lincoln's presidential addresses, messages and proclamations reveal about the complex matrix of thought that provided the ethical and legal foundation for Lincoln's public actions? Drawing not just on Lincoln's statements but also on the writings of philosophers (ranging from Aristotle to Theodore Parker) whom Lincoln is known to have read and respected, Anastaplo vividly reveals the 16th president's interpretation of the values expressed in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. Covering some of the same ground traversed in Garry Wills's Lincoln at Gettysburg, Anastaplo casts a slightly wider net by giving equal interpretative attention to the Gettysburg Address, the Emancipation Proclamation, the two inaugural addresses, the "House Divided" speech and Lincoln's statements during his famous debates with Stephen A. Douglas. All this makes for a remarkable portrait of Lincoln as a political philosopher whose thinking was always more subtle than his back-country myth implied. (Dec.)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Given the number of books on Abraham Lincoln already published, is another justified? Especially when more than half its chapters have been previously published, it raises more questions than it answers, and it is initially difficult to read as it explores the common-law sources of Lincoln's jurisprudence. Despite these potential weaknesses, prolific University of Chicago law professor Anastaplo successfully carves a niche in the crowded collection of Lincolniana. Anastaplo has spent more than three decades assessing American democracy's icon by focusing on the sources, styles, and legacy of Lincoln's constitutional perspective, which might be reduced to the two words most repeated by the author: prudent equality. The chapter on the Gettysburg Address is a classic. A paperback edition is merited so that it may be widely used in constitutional law and Civil War courses. Highly recommended.AWilliam D. Pederson, Louisiana State Univ., Shreveport
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- Lincoln's American Dream: Clashing Political Perspectives by Kenneth L. Deutsch on 8 pages
- The Amendments to the Constitution: A Commentary by George Anastaplo on 6 pages
- Reflections on Constitutional Law by George Anastaplo on 4 pages
- The Constitution of 1787: A Commentary by George Anastaplo in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Abraham Lincoln: Sources and Style of Leadership (Contributions in American History) by Frank J. Williams on page 67, and