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The Discretionary President: The Promise and Peril of Executive Power
Benjamin A. Kleinerman
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Description for The Discretionary President: The Promise and Peril of Executive Power
Hardcover. Addresses the fundamental question of what role discretionary executive power should play in a constitutional order, reexamining what has become an intractable debate to show that what can destroy our Constitution also has the potential to save it. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
George W. Bush's use of the war on terror to justify the creation of a unitary executive, acting outside and even against the law, was a source of praise and blame for his administration. Immediately after 9/11, a constitutionalist would have worried about the peril of executive power, but today he might worry that we ignore its promise and distrust discretionary actions that truly ought to be taken by presidents in times of peril. Benjamin Kleinerman addresses the fundamental question of what role discretionary executive power should play in a constitutional order, reexamining what has become an intractable debate to ... Read more
George W. Bush's use of the war on terror to justify the creation of a unitary executive, acting outside and even against the law, was a source of praise and blame for his administration. Immediately after 9/11, a constitutionalist would have worried about the peril of executive power, but today he might worry that we ignore its promise and distrust discretionary actions that truly ought to be taken by presidents in times of peril. Benjamin Kleinerman addresses the fundamental question of what role discretionary executive power should play in a constitutional order, reexamining what has become an intractable debate to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700616657
SKU
V9780700616657
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About Benjamin A. Kleinerman
Benjamin A. Kleinerman is assistant professor of constitutional democracy at Michigan State University.
Reviews for The Discretionary President: The Promise and Peril of Executive Power
A distinguished study of executive power that is wise, practical, and constitutionally sound. Harvey Mansfield, author of Taming the Prince: The Ambivalence of Modern Executive Power ""There is no one - lawyer, political scientist, historian, or concerned citizen - who will not learn a great deal from and not be challenged by Kleinerman's well-written and heartfelt arguments."" Sanford Levinson, author ... Read more