Untrodden ground : how Presidents interpret the Constitution /

The most important individual interpreter of the United States Constitution is the President. Presidents both direct and are directed by the stream of American history. In this book, Harold Bruff shows how Presidents have formed constitutional law by behavior that sets or alters precedents. Although...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bruff, Harold H., 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Temas:
Executive power > United States > History.
Implied powers (Constitutional law) > United States > History.
Presidents > United States > History.
Pouvoir exécutif > États-Unis > Histoire.
Présidents > États-Unis > Histoire.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Executive power.
Implied powers (Constitutional law)
Presidents.
United States of America, USA.
19th century, c 1800 to c 1899.
20th century, c 1900 to c 1999.
21st century, c 2000 to c 2100.
History of the Americas.
Law.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Responsibility : the Constitution
  • Summoned by my country : Washington and Adams
  • The fugitive occurrence : Jefferson and Madison
  • Independent of both : Jackson, Tyler, and Polk
  • A rough time of it : Lincoln
  • Unmindful of the high duties : Andrew Johnson
  • Facing the lions : McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, and Wilson
  • What must be done : Franklin Roosevelt
  • Going to hell : Truman and Eisenhower
  • Bear any burden : Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson
  • Not illegal : Nixon, Ford, and Carter
  • First a dream : Reagan
  • The vision thing : George H.W. Bush and Clinton
  • No equivocation : George W. Bush
  • The last mile : Obama.

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