Produktbeschreibung
Dr. Samuel Mudd's guilt or innocence in the Lincoln assassination is debated by a distinguished group of jurists and Civil War historians recently convened by the University of Richmond School of Law to reexamine the case.
In the words of F. Lee Bailey, counsel for the accused: " ... the fabric of any criminal proceeding is that which deserves the overview-the calm, deliberate, combined wisdom in the overview of an appellate court."
"Here is history at its best, relived with all its controversies, passions, and struggles for justice." -Senator Paul Simon
As a simultaneous contribution to legal studies and Civil War studies, Dr. Mudd and the Lincoln Assassination: The Case Reopened is a perfect example of the kind of fresh perspective the United States Civil War Center supports as one of its major missions.-David Madden, Director, The United States Civil War Center, Louisiana State University
Here's a fresh and provocative look at legal aspects of the Mudd conviction. Since it consists largely of pro and con analyses, it bears directly upon other Civil War cases. Even more important is the fashion in which it throws a great deal of light upon the whole issue of civil rights under a military regime.-Webb Garrison, author of The Lincoln No One Knows
They have assembled in a single volume a prodigious collection of legal and historical opinion and documentation. The exercise of re-visiting the case of Samuel Mudd was a procedure useful not just to those scholars fascinated with the intricacies of the legal dispute, but also to historians and readers drawn to this story because of the drama and poignancy associated with this man and his family, caught as if in some time warp of unresolved accusation, guilt and doubt.-Dan Roberts, National Public Radio's "A Moment in Time"
This book provides the modern reader with the arguments needed to make the difficult decision as to whether or not Samuel Mudd was guilty as charged of conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate Abraham Lincoln.-Joseph R. George, Jr. , Professor Emeritus, Villanova University
Dr. Mudd and the Lincoln Assassination is thorough history and remarkable courtroom advocacy. Had Dr. Mudd enjoyed benefit of counsel equal to Professor Jones' law students, the defendant-appellant would not have gone to prison.
-Douglas Savage, author of The Court Martial of Robert E Lee |
