| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 94.2

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Andrew Jackson and the Politics of Martial Law: Nationalism, Civil Liberties, and Partisanship. By Matthew Warshauer. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2006. x, 314 pp. $39.95, ISBN 978-1-57233-548-6.)
The relationship between an individual's civil liberties and the use of martial law, which includes suspending the right of habeas corpus, is a debate at the core of the American constitutional system. In Andrew Jackson and the Politics of Martial Law, Matthew Warshauer presents a thorough and thought-provoking discussion about the early implementation of martial law. In so doing, the author "attempt[s] to determine the intersection between high- toned oratory and the more scheming political maneuvers utilized to gain and maintain party power" in America during the mid-nineteenth century (p. 13).	1
In mid-December 1814, during the battle of New Orleans, Gen. Andrew Jackson imposed martial law for the first time in American history. Despite charges that he undermined cherished civil liberties, the general maintained his order for almost three months. When challenged to rescind the edict in the weeks following the battle, Jackson instead jailed numerous critics, including the federal judge Dominick Augustan Hall. Immediately after the order was finally lifted Hall brought suit against Jackson. As a result, the general was fined a thousand dollars and mildly reprimanded.	. . .

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