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Prize Cases

Further Readings



  • Bernath, Stuart L. Squall Across the Atlantic: American Civil War Prize Cases and Diplomacy. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1970.
  • Epstein, Lee, and Thomas G. Walker. Constitutional Law for a Changing America: Institutional Powers and Constraints, 3rd ed. Washington DC: Congressional Quarterly, 1998.
  • Johnson, John W., ed. Historic U.S. Court Cases, 1690-1990: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland Publishing, 1992.
  • Randall, J. G. Constitutional Problems Under Lincoln. New York: D. Appleton, 1926.
  • Robinton, Madeline. An Introduction to the Papers of the New York Prize Court, 1861-1865. New York: Columbia University Press, 1945.

Additional topics

Law Library - American Law and Legal InformationNotable Trials and Court Cases - 1833 to 1882Prize Cases - The Issue Of Belligerency, The Captured Ships, Further Readings