I do solemnly swear : the president's constitutional oath : its meaning and importance in the history of oaths / Matthew A. Pauley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pauley, Matthew A., 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oaths--United States.

Oaths.

Presidents--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.

Presidents.

Presidents--United States--Inauguration.

History.

Presidents--Legal status, laws, etc.

United States.

Inauguration.

Executive power--United States.

Executive power.

Oaths--History.

Physical Description:

vi, 260 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [1999]

Contents:

Part 1 Building Up To The American Experience 25

Chapter II Oaths and the Social-Contract Theory of Thomas Hobbes 27

Chapter III Oaths Among the Greeks and Romans and in the Early Christian Centuries 43

Chapter IV Oaths in the Post-Roman Western World Down to the American Revolution 71

Part 2 The Social-Contract Moment 89

Chapter V From European Theory to American Revolutionary Practice 91

Chapter VI Oaths and the French Revolutionary Experience 123

Part 3 The President's Oath and the Stages of American Political Development 135

Chapter VII From Locke, Madison, and Tocqueville to Bagehot and Wilson 137

Chapter VIII The President's Oath as a Source of Power? 169

1. Corwin and Presidential Interpretations of the Oath 169

2. A New Light on Corwin: Lessons From Roman Law 184

Chapter IX The President's Oath as a Formality? The Crowning of an Unhereditary Monarch 199

Chapter X Conclusion: Perfecting the Union vs. Protecting It: A Final Word on the Meaning and Importance of the President's Oath 221.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761814884

OCLC:

42002611