The culmination of more than 15 years of research, this three-volume DVD-ROM edition contains more than 5,600 cases and legal matters, nearly 100,000 documents with nearly 250,000 pages, and a comprehensive reference section.
The publication makes available for the first time the full documentation of the cases and legal actions in which Lincoln participated.
Users can search for cases by case name, participant, date, court, legal action, subject; or documents by document type, date, author or signer.
This edition allows researchers to study Lincoln's development as a lawyer, trace the formation of the court system in the Midwest, research legal history and the development of law, and discover antebellum social history through court records
The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition is available from the University of Illinois Press for the reduced price of $500. To order call 1-800-545-4703.
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“I have been charmed, delighted, instructed, and a bit overwhelmed by this fascinating collection, which offers the first complete and comprehensive documentation of Abraham Lincoln’s law practice. Superbly arranged, indexed, and cross-referenced, these easy-to-use records will be a major source for all future Lincoln studies.” David Herbert Donald, Lincoln Biographer |