| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 112.5

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| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 112.5 | The History Cooperative

Matthew Warshauer. Andrew Jackson and the Politics of Martial Law: Nationalism, Civil Liberties, and Partisanship. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. 2006. Pp. x, 314. $39.95.
It is disappointing to say that this study of Andrew Jackson's imposition of martial law in New Orleans at the end of the War of 1812—and especially the political and constitutional legacy of that event—provides far more information than it does convincing analysis. Still, Matthew Warshauer's book will now become the starting point for anyone specifically considering the place of Jackson's brief reign in the history of American officials' use of emergency powers to override civil liberties.	1
Shortly after his arrival in New Orleans in late 1814, then-general Jackson imposed martial law on a citizenry of suspect loyalties. More important, he maintained this state of affairs even after his military victory over the British in January 1815, retaining all governing power in his hands until the official notice of peace arrived in the middle of March. The most startling uses of Jackson's power included the arrests of a Louisiana state senator and the federal district judge who futilely granted the senator's habeas corpus petition. The New Orleans narrative closes after the lifting of martial law with Jackson's showy submission, in the end paying a $1000 fine for the contempt of court displayed in arresting the judge.	. . .

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