Take up your pen : unilateral presidential directives in American politics / Graham G. Dodds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dodds, Graham G.

Contributor:

University of Pennsylvania. Press.

Series:

Democracy, citizenship, and constitutionalism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Executive orders--United States--History.

Executive orders.

Executive power--United States--History.

Executive power.

History.

United States.

Presidents--United States--History.

Presidents.

Separation of powers--United States--History.

Separation of powers.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 pages).

Other Title:

Penn Press e-books.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

Graham G. Dodds explores the constitutional and historical development of unilateral presidential directives, the ability of presidents to bypass the legislative process and set public policy via their own executive orders, and how such a practice fits Americans' conception of democracy.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Unilateral directives and the presidency

Chapter 2. The constitutional executive

Chapter 3. Judicial sanction

Chapter 4. Early unilateral presidential directives

Chapter 5. Theodore Roosevelt and the rise of unilateral presidential directives

Chapter 6. Unilateral Presidential directives from Roosevelt to Roosevelt: Taft through FDR

Chapter 7. Unilaterial Presidential directives from postwar era to the present day

Chapter 8. Conclusions

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgement..

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-301) and index.

ISBN:

9780812208153

0812208153

OCLC:

859162261

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.