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Thomas Jefferson and executive power /
"Citizens and scholars are again confronted with a question presented by necessity and the law: Because no law can anticipate every contingency, how can any set of laws remain fundamental and practical? How can discretion be made compatible with democratic consent? Before he became president, T...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Citizens and scholars are again confronted with a question presented by necessity and the law: Because no law can anticipate every contingency, how can any set of laws remain fundamental and practical? How can discretion be made compatible with democratic consent? Before he became president, Thomas Jefferson had devoted twenty-five years to the problem. By revisiting Jefferson's understanding of executive power, we better understand Jefferson's presidency and more fully trace the development of modern executive power."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 280 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511350153 0511350155 9780511509742 051150974X 1281086223 9781281086228 1107179327 9781107179325 9786611086220 6611086226 1139132407 9781139132404 0511351054 9780511351051 0511349297 9780511349294 0511348320 9780511348327 |