Power Play : The Bush Presidency and the Constitution /

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"Analyzes the Bush presidency's efforts to expand executive power, putting them into constitutional and historical perspective. Explores the evolution of Anglo-American thinking about executive power and individual rights. Documents how the current administration has undermined the separat...

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Autor principal: Pfiffner, James P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Bush, George W.
Bush, George W. > (George Walker), > 1946-
United States. > Constitution.
Verfassung <1787>
Constitution (United States)
Regierung
Presidents.
Politics and government
Executive power.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Constitutions.
HISTORY.
Presidents > États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Pouvoir executif > États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Presidents > United States > History > 21st century.
Executive power > United States > History > 21st century.
USA.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 2001-2009.
United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009.
History.
Computer network resources.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A government of laws or men?
  • The nature of executive power
  • Creating individual rights and an independent legislature
  • The American Constitution
  • The power to imprison : habeas corpus
  • The power to torture
  • The power to surveil
  • The power to ignore the law : signing statements
  • Conclusion: Constitutionalism and the rule of law.

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