In addition to including all of the documents and data from the Complete Documentary Edition, the Second Edition presents an additional 45 cases, 12 non-litigation activities, and nearly 1,300 documents.
Rather than looking through document images on three DVD-ROMs, users may now freely view the images over the Internet. More than 1,500 of the documents from the Complete Documentary Edition are now reproduced in color, making them more legible than ever before.
Explore The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln, Second Edition
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.