Power play [electronic resource] : the Bush presidency and the Constitution / James P. Pfiffner.
Pfiffner, James P.
2008
JK516 .P49 2008eb
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Title Power play [electronic resource] : the Bush presidency and the Constitution / James P. Pfiffner.
Author Pfiffner, James P.
ISBN 9780815770442 (cloth : alk. paper)
0815770448 (cloth : alk. paper)
Publication Details Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2008.
Language English
Description xiv, 299 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number JK516 .P49 2008eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 973.931
Summary "Analyzes the Bush presidency's efforts to expand executive power, putting them into constitutional and historical perspective. Explores the evolution of Anglo-American thinking about executive power and individual rights. Documents how the current administration has undermined the separation of powers and shows how these practices have imperiled the rule of law"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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A government of laws or men?
The nature of executive power
Creating individual rights and an independent legislature
The American Constitution
The power to imprison : habeas corpus
The power to torture
The power to surveil
The power to ignore the law : signing statements
Conclusion: Constitutionalism and the rule of law.

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