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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815830103321

Autore

Fletcher Kimberley LianeĢ

Titolo

The collision of political and legal time : foreign affairs and the Supreme Court's transformation of executive authority / / Kimberley L. Fletcher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia ; ; Rome ; ; Tokyo : , : Temple University Press, , 2018

ISBN

1-4399-1493-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 pages)

Classificazione

POL040010POL011000LAW018000

Disciplina

342.73/0412

Soggetti

Political questions and judicial power - United States - History

Executive power - United States - History

Presidents - United States - Decision making - History

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Executive Branch

POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General

LAW / Constitutional

United States Foreign relations Decision making History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Court's constitutive role : shifting the balance of power -- Curtiss-Wright : the Court's dynamic role -- The Court defines the legal narrative of Japanese internment and exclusion -- Steel Seizure : a practical approach to presidential power -- Dames and Regan : engineering a shift in authority from Congress to the President -- Detainee cases : a definitive statement of the President's monopoly in war making.

Sommario/riassunto

"The Collision of Political and Legal Time examines how the U.S. Supreme Court shapes constitutional and political development, analyzing the leading role played by the Court in interpreting presidential decision-making in the area of foreign affairs since 1936"--