"The four essays in Lincoln's Legacy depict major problems that the sixteenth president navigated and what can be learned from how he did so. These four Lincoln scholars describe how Abraham Lincoln contended with questions of politics, law, constitutionalism, patronage, and democracy. These essays include an assessment of Lincoln's virtues in the presidency; the first study of Lincoln and patronage in more than a decade; a challenge to the cliche of Lincoln the democrat; and a study of habeas corpus, Lincoln, and state courts."--BOOK JACKET.