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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Raymond J. McKoskiPublisher: University of Illinois Press Imprint: University of Illinois Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.653kg ISBN: 9780252046636ISBN 10: 0252046633 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 31 July 2025 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available ![]() This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction A Biographical Sketch of David Davis Part I Davis, Lincoln, and the U.S. Senate Lincoln’s First U.S. Senate Campaign Lincoln’s Second Senate Defeat Part II Davis, Lincoln, and the Presidency Davis Secures Lincoln’s 1860 Presidential Nomination Davis and the 1860 General Election Part III Davis, Lincoln, and the U.S. Supreme Court Lincoln Puts Davis on the Supreme Court Justice Davis and Wartime Presidential Edicts Part IV Judge Davis: A Model of Judicial Impartiality Impartiality on the Trial Court Bench Impartiality on the Supreme Court Bench Conclusion Notes Bibliography IndexReviews“Drawing on his more than two decades of experience as a trial judge, historical researcher, and expert on judicial ethics, Raymond J. McKoski restores David Davis’s place in state and federal judicial history as a model of impartiality on the bench. In an era when Americans have become increasingly skeptical about partisanship and the courts, Judge Davis serves as a model of judicial decision making.”--Jonathan W. White, author of the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize-winning A House Built by Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House Author InformationRaymond J. McKoski is a retired Illinois Circuit Judge and adjunct professor at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law. He is the author of Judges in Street Clothes: Acting Ethically Off-the-Bench. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |