The unitary executive : presidential power from Washington to Bush / Steven G. Calabresi and Christopher S. Yoo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Calabresi, Steven G.

Contributor:

Yoo, Christopher S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Executive power--United States--History.

Executive power.

Presidents--United States--History.

Presidents.

United States--Politics and government.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (xiii, 544 p.))

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 have been committed proponents of the theory of the unitary executive, and they explore the meaning and implications of this finding.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 511-515) and index.

ISBN:

9786612353420

9781282353428

128235342X

9780300145380

0300145381

OCLC:

667008760