{"id":3960,"date":"2020-09-17T13:22:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T13:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/?page_id=3960"},"modified":"2022-02-22T13:50:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T13:50:27","slug":"legal-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/course-syllabus\/legal-diplomacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I think the constitution invests its\u00a0commander-in-chief,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>with the law of war,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>in time of war.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Abraham Lincoln, August 26, 1863<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_3961\" style=\"width: 950px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu\/node\/32712\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3961\" class=\"wp-image-3961 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/files\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-17-at-8.45.25-AM-1024x686.png\" alt=\"1863 cartoon\" width=\"940\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/files\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-17-at-8.45.25-AM-1024x686.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/files\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-17-at-8.45.25-AM-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/files\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-17-at-8.45.25-AM-768x515.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/files\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-17-at-8.45.25-AM-1536x1029.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/files\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-17-at-8.45.25-AM-448x300.png 448w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/files\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-17-at-8.45.25-AM.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This political cartoon appeared in February 1863.\u00a0 Can you name the figures facing Lincoln&#8217;s chopping block?<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Lincoln and the Laws of War<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/lincoln\/warpowers\/constitutional-text\/\">Constitutional Text<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI felt that measures, otherwise unconstitutional, might become lawful, by becoming indispensable to the preservation of the constitution, through the preservation of the nation. Right or wrong, I assumed this ground, and now avow it.\u201d\u00a0 &#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/lincoln\/letter-to-albert-hodges-april-4-1864\/\">Abraham Lincoln, April 4, 1864<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/lincoln\/warpowers\/chronology-of-powers\/\">Chronology of Powers<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Presidents act<\/li>\n<li>Congress reacts<\/li>\n<li>Courts review<\/li>\n<li>People decide<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Discussion Question<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Where in the U.S. constitution can you find the phrase, &#8220;separation of powers&#8221;?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/lincoln\/warpowers\/law-of-war\/\">Law of War<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Discussion Question<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Where does this sentence come from?\u00a0 Who wrote it?\u00a0 What does it mean?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3962\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/files\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-17-at-8.58.46-AM-1024x582.png\" alt=\"Law of War\" width=\"940\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/files\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-17-at-8.58.46-AM-1024x582.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/files\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-17-at-8.58.46-AM-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/files\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-17-at-8.58.46-AM-768x437.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/files\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-17-at-8.58.46-AM-500x284.png 500w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-282pinsker\/files\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-17-at-8.58.46-AM.png 1256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For a related project from the Student Hall of Fame, see Daniel Kline,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/francislieber.weebly.com\/\">Francis Lieber<\/a>\u00a0(Fall 2021)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think the constitution invests its\u00a0commander-in-chief,\u00a0with the law of war,\u00a0in time of war. 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