ATTAINDER OF TREASON AND CONFISCATION OF THE PROPERTY OF REBELS. A LETTER TO THE HON. SAMUEL A. FOOT, LL.D. ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL RESTRICTIONS UPON ATTAINDER AND FORFEITURE FOR TREASON AGAINST THE UNITED STATES. WITH JUDGE FOOT'S ANSWER, IN FURTHER ELABORATION OF THE SUBJECT
Wilson, W.D.
Published by Weed, Parsons and Company, Albany, 1863
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Original printed wrappers [margin-chipped], stitched. 27, [1 blank] pp. Else Very Good. A presentation copy from Wilson, signed on the front wrapper. "A careful constitutional analysis in advocacy of the proposition that the property of 'Southern Rebels' might be confiscated and applied toward payment of the debt incurred by the War" [Eberstadt]. In the absence of any significant constitutional history of the prohibition on bills of attainder-- legislative rather than judicial determinations of guilt, tainting the rights of the traitor's heirs-- Wilson resorts to English practice and considers the way in which the language of the prohibition was understood by the Founders. He and Foot laud the care with which the Founders protected individual rights, and conclude that the Confiscation Act is constitutional. 109 Eberstadt 31. Bartlett 5884. Seller Inventory # 28768
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Title: ATTAINDER OF TREASON AND CONFISCATION OF THE...
Publisher: Weed, Parsons and Company, Albany
Publication Date: 1863
Binding: Soft cover
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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