Advising the President : Attorney General Robert H. Jackson and Franklin D. Roosevelt /

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"Advising the President tells the story of Attorney General Robert H. Jackson's advisory relationship with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, particularly with respect to matters of national security on the eve of World War II. Jackson was the US Solicitor General for two years (1938-1940) a...

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Autor principal: Casto, William R., 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945.
Jackson, Robert H., > 1892-1954.
United States. > Solicitor General.
United States. > Solicitor General > Biography.
War and emergency powers.
Politics and government.
National security.
Legislation.
Executive power.
Attorneys general.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Pouvoir executif > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Procureurs generaux > États-Unis > Biographies.
World War, 1939-1945 > Law and legislation > United States.
Executive power > United States > History > 20th century.
War and emergency powers > United States > History > 20th century.
National security > United States > History > 20th century.
Attorneys general > United States > Biography.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1933-1945.
United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945.
Biographies.
History.
Biography
Electronic books.
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Sumario:"Advising the President tells the story of Attorney General Robert H. Jackson's advisory relationship with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, particularly with respect to matters of national security on the eve of World War II. Jackson was the US Solicitor General for two years (1938-1940) and US Attorney General for a little over one year (1940-1941) before serving as an associate justice of the US Supreme Court. He was involved in a number of important political and legal events in the twentieth century, including serving as the chief US prosecutor at the Nuremberg war crimes trials. In this book William Casto focuses on Jackson's role as a legal advisor to the president during a time of war, in which he often had to weigh in on highly controversial policies, including the use of wiretapping. Traditional legal theory assumes a disinterested application of the law, but the position of attorney general placed Jackson in a complex situation that did not conform to a simply dichotomy between lawful and unlawful. Jackson made a distinction in practice between his personal advice to the president and his public advocacy in support of the president's decisions. Casto's study of Jackson offers valuable lessons for attorney advisers today and sheds light on recent controversial episodes, such as Jay Bybee and John Yoo's infamous advice to President George W. Bush regarding the use of torture"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (192 pages).
ISBN:9780700627097

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