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David Orentlicher - Two Presidents are Better Than One - 9780814789490 - V9780814789490
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Two Presidents are Better Than One

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Description for Two Presidents are Better Than One Hardback. Demonstrates why the US needs constitutional reform to rebalance power between the executive and legislative branches and contain partisan conflict in Washington Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 617.

“Many Americans are unsatisfied with politics. Simultaneously, we are hesitant to question the basic soundness of our constitutional system. In this refreshingly provocative book, David Orentlicher explains why it is due time for us to reconsider dominant ideas about the presidency, now arguably our most powerful political institution. Challenging the conventional wisdom that the best executive is necessarily a unitary executive, Orentlicher makes a wonderful case for why ‘two presidents are better than one.’ Sure to be of interest to political scientists, legal scholars, as well as informed citizens justifiably worried about the fate of American democracy, this fascinating book ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814789490
SKU
V9780814789490
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About David Orentlicher
David Orentlicher is Cobeaga law firm professor of law and co-director of the UNLV Health Law Program at UNLV's William S. Boyd School of Law. A scholar of constitutional law and a former state representative, David also has taught at Indiana University's Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Princeton University, and the University of Chicago Law School. He earned degrees ... Read more

Reviews for Two Presidents are Better Than One
A pipe dream of a book that dares to suggest that we can actually get along, politically speaking. The Founding Fathers, writes Orentlicher (Law/Indiana Univ.), envisioned the presidency as a substitute for the British royal family, a constitutional monarch, if you will. The Congress was supposed to act with deliberation, the president with all due speed, and thus, both order ... Read more

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