WAR POWERS
UNDER THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
MILITARY ARRESTS,
RECONSTRUCTION, AND MILITARY GOVERNMENT
ALSO, NOW FIRST PUBLISHED,
WAR CLAIMS OF ALIENS,
WITH NOTES
ON
ACTS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS
DURING OUR CIVIL WAR,
AND A COLLECTION OF
CASES DECIDED IN THE NATIONAL COURTS.
BY WILLIAM WHITING.
FORTY-THRID EDITION.
BOSTON:
1871
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Preface to Second Edition (iii-viii)
Preface to Forty-Third Edition (ix-xi)
Table of Contents (xiii-xxviii)
Introduction – Slavery under the Constitution - Pgs 1-14
Chapter I – Public Use of Private Property - Pgs 15-31
Chapter II – War Powers of Congress - Pgs 33-65
Chapter III – War Powers of the President - Pgs 66-83
Chapter IV – Bills of Attainder - Pgs 84-92
Chapter V – Punishment of Treason - Pgs 93-111
Chapter VI – Statutes Against Treason - Pgs 112-116
Chapter VII – The Power to Punish Rebels - Pgs 117-130
Chapter VIII – Slavery Pgs 131-140
Notes on the War Powers Fifth Edition – Pgs 141-156
Military Arrests in Time of War
Part 1 – Pgs 158-172
Return of the Rebellious States to the Union Pgs 228-256
Military Government of Hostile Territory in Time of War
Introduction and Chapter 1– Pgs 259-268
Preface to War Claims – Pgs 327- 330
War Claims Against the United States – Introduction – Pgs 331-357
Opinions of the Solicitor of the War Department – Pgs 358-389
Notes to the Forty-Third Edition
Part 1 – Pgs 390-438
Appendix Containing Cases Decided by the U.S. Court
Part 1 – Pgs 512-531