A. Lincoln, Esquire : a shrewd, sophisticated lawyer in his time / Allen D. Spiegel.

Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, 2002.

xiv, 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Reverence for the laws : a political religion -- A. Lincoln, Esquire : the evolution of a lawyer. John A. Lupton, the Lincoln legal papers : a documentary history of the law practice of Abraham Lincoln, 1836-1861 -- Lincoln's client assaulted : he questioned his physician's medical school graduation -- Fired for incompetency : asylum's medical superintendent sues -- Lincoln secures a charter for a homeopathic medical school -- Victorian lawyers, improperly healed fractures, and America's first medical malpractice crisis, 1835-1865 -- Defense lawyer, A. Lincoln, uses chicken bones in a malpractice case -- Broken wrist without due care : Lincoln defends the physician -- Lincoln's cases of sex, slander and sundry suits -- Abraham and Mary Lincoln and insanity in the courtroom -- Chloroform induced insanity defense confounds lawyer Lincoln -- Lincoln's client refuses to pay the doctor's bill for services -- Lincoln politically selects the medical expert on insanity.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-354 and index.