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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810698003321

Autore

Edelson Chris

Titolo

Emergency presidential power : from the drafting of the Constitution to the War on Terror / / Chris Edelson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison : , : University of Wisconsin Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-299-29530-3

0-299-29533-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Classificazione

04.20.24

Disciplina

352.23/5

Soggetti

Executive power - United States

War and emergency powers - United States

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Foreword by Louis Fisher""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 - The Constitution and Emergency Presidential Power""; ""2 - Presidential Power in the Young Republic: Washington's Neutrality Proclamation, A ""Half-War"" with France, and the Alien and Sedition Acts ""; ""3 - Lincoln and the Wartime Constitution""; ""4 - Setting Limits on Wartime Power? : The 'Ex Parte Milligan' Decision ""; ""5 - Expanded Presidential Power During World War II: Nazi Saboteurs and Military Commissions ""; ""6 - The Internment of Japanese Americans During World War II""

""7 - The 'Youngstown' Steel Seizure Case: The Court Sets Limits on Presidential Power """"8 - Nixon, Watergate, and a Bid for Unbridled Presidential Power""; ""9 - Emergency Presidential Power at its Zenith: The Bush Administration and the Unitary Executive ""; ""10 - Detaining and Trying Suspected Terrorists""; ""11 - Torture in the War on Terror""; ""12 - Warrantless Wiretapping: Presidential Power to Set Aside Acts of Congress? ""; ""13 - Detention and Military Commissions Under the Obama Administration""

""14 - The State Secrets Privilege: Emergency Presidential Power by Another Name? """"15 - The Obama Administration and Military Action



in Libya""; ""Notes""; ""Index""