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Imperial from the beginning : the constitution of the original executive

By Prakash , Saikrishna Bangalore

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
0300194560, 978-0-300-19456-2
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
622 kB (636971 bytes)
Pages
454\0
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
Executive power -- United States -- History -- 18t

Description

Eminent scholar Saikrishna Prakash offers the first truly comprehensive study of the original American presidency. Drawing from a vast range of sources both well known and obscure, this volume reconstructs the powers and duties of the nation’s chief executive at the Constitution’s founding. Among other subjects, Prakash examines the term and structure of the office of the president, as well as the president’s power as constitutional executor of the law, authority in foreign policy, role as commander in chief, level of control during emergencies, and relationship with the Congress, the courts, and the states. This ambitious and even-handed analysis counters numerous misconceptions about the presidency and fairly demonstrates that the office was seen as monarchical from its inception.

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