The University of California law professor explores the Constitutional issues raised by the Civil War, illuminating Lincoln's "legal legacy" in terms of his actions to preserve the union and how he defended those actions within the context of his own era and their ramifications in terms of such mode

丹尼尔·法伯（Daniel Farber），加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校的佐藤翔讲席法学教授。他是多本专著的作者或共同作者，这些专著包括《生态实用主义：在不确定的世界中制定明智的环境决策》和《苦苦寻觅确定性：对宪法基础的错误追求》，第二本专著是与苏珊娜·雪利合著的，这两本专著都是由芝加哥大学出版社出版的。