Contested ground : how to understand the limits of presidential power /

"Presidential power is hotly disputed these days - as it has been many times in recent decades. Yet the same rules must apply to all presidents, those whose abuses of power we fear as well as those whose exercises of power we applaud. This book is about what constitutional law tells us about pr...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Farber, Daniel A., 1950- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
Sujets:
United States. > Supreme Court > Decision making.
États-Unis. > Supreme Court > Prise de décision.
United States. > Supreme Court.
Executive power > United States.
Presidents > United States.
Separation of powers > United States.
Pouvoir exécutif > États-Unis.
Présidents > États-Unis.
Séparation des pouvoirs > États-Unis.
LAW / Constitutional
Decision making.
Executive power.
Presidents.
Separation of powers.
United States.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Creating the presidency
  • Clashing visions of presidential power
  • The president and foreign affairs
  • Taking the country to war
  • The bureaucrat in chief
  • The domestic policy Czar
  • Presidential power versus individual rights
  • The president and the courts
  • Congressional checks and balances
  • Concluding thoughts.

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