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The Idea Of Democracy In The Early Republic, Keith Whittington
The Idea Of Democracy In The Early Republic, Keith Whittington
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American Innovations In Democratic Decision-Making, Leslie Friedman Goldstein
American Innovations In Democratic Decision-Making, Leslie Friedman Goldstein
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"Displaced By A Force To Which They Yielded And Could Not Resist": A Historical And Legal Analysis Of Mayor And City Counsel Of Baltimore V. Charles Howard Et. Al, Matthew Kent
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The experience of the Baltimore Police Commissioners is instructive in understanding the state of affairs in Baltimore during the Civil War era. The removal of the commissioners by the Union Army and the subsequent civil trial, The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Charles Howard, provides a window through which one may examine the historical, legal and political circumstances of the time. The legal status of the commissioners also sheds light on modern legal doctrine related to the detention of American citizens as “enemy combatants” without the benefit of certain constitutional guarantees. By analyzing the Howard case with a …