Outside the law : emergency and executive power / Clement Fatovic.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fatovic, Clement, 1973-

Series:

Johns Hopkins series in constitutional thought.

The Johns Hopkins series in constitutional thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War and emergency powers--United States--History.

War and emergency powers.

Constitutional history--United States.

Constitutional history.

Political science--United States--History.

Political science.

United States--History--Constitutional period, 1789-1809.

United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 352 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Scholars of liberalism, the American founding, and the American presidency will find Fatovic's reasoned arguments against the conventional wisdom enlightening.

Contents:

"So many unexpected things" : contingency and character in modern political thought

"Without the prescription of the law" : virtue and discretion in Locke's theory of prerogative

"All was confusion and disorder" : regularity and character in Hume's political thought

"The king can do no wrong" : Blackstone on the executive in law

"It squints towards monarchy" : constitutional flexibility and the powers of the president

A "patriotic and dignifying president" : republican virtue and the presidency

Conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8018-9527-8

OCLC:

592756394