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Autore |
Calabresi Steven G |
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Titolo |
The unitary executive : presidential power from Washington to Bush / / Steven G. Calabresi and Christopher S. Yoo |
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New Haven, CT, : Yale University Press, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-35342-X |
9786612353420 |
0-300-14538-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (1 online resource (xiii, 544 p.)) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Executive power - United States - History |
Presidents - United States - History |
United States Politics and government |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 511-515) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. An Introduction to the Debate over the Unitary Executive -- Part II. The Unitary Executive During the Early Years of the Republic, 1787-1837 -- Part III. The Unitary Executive During the Jacksonian Period, 1837-1861 -- Part IV. The Unitary Executive During the Civil War, 1861-1869 -- Part V. The Unitary Executive During the Gilded Age, 1869-1889 -- Part VI. The Unitary Executive During the Rise of the Administrative State, 1889-1945 -- Part VII. The Unitary Executive During the Modern Era, 1945-2007 -- Part VIII. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliographic Note -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book is the first to undertake a detailed historical and legal examination of presidential power and the theory of the unitary executive. This theory-that the Constitution gives the president the power to remove and control all policy-making subordinates in the executive branch-has been the subject of heated debate since the Reagan years. To determine whether the Constitution creates a strongly unitary executive, Steven G. Calabresi and Christopher S. Yoo look at the actual practice of all forty-three presidential administrations, from George Washington to George W. Bush. They argue that all presidents |
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