Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Roads
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Good Roads
Author: L. A. W. Bulletin and Good Roads
Author: The International Journal of Surgery
Author: The American School Board Journal
Author: Engineering News
Author: Engineering and Mining Journal
Author: Engineering News and American Contract Journal
Author: International Journal of Surgery and Antiseptics ...
Author: Journal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Author: American Society of Mechanical EngineersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1230
Book Description
Political Thought and the Origins of the American Presidency
Author: Ben LowePublisher:
ISBN: 9780813079271
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
How the American executive office was constructed in the Constitution and implemented by the first presidents This volume examines the political ideas behind the construction of the presidency in the U.S. Constitution, as well as how these ideas were implemented by the nation's early presidents. The framers of the Constitution disagreed about the scope of the new executive role they were creating, and this volume reveals the ways the duties and power of the office developed contrary to many expectations. Here, leading scholars of the early republic examine principles from European thought and culture that were key to establishing the conceptual language and institutional parameters for the American executive office. Unpacking the debates at the 1787 Constitutional Convention, these essays describe how the Constitution left room for the first presidents to set patterns of behavior and establish a range of duties to make the office functional within a governmental system of checks and balances. Contributors explore how these presidents understood their positions and fleshed out their full responsibilities according to the everyday operations required to succeed. As disputes continue to surround the limits of executive power today, this volume helps identify and explain the circumstances in which limits can be imposed on presidents who seem to dangerously exceed the constitutional parameters of their office. Political Thought and the Origins of the American Presidency demonstrates that this distinctive, time-tested role developed from a fraught, historically contingent, and contested process. Contributors: Claire Rydell Arcenas Lindsay M. Chervinsky François Furstenberg Jonathan Gienapp Daniel J. Hulsebosch Ben Lowe Max Skjönsberg Eric Slauter Caroline Winterer Blair Worden Rosemarie Zagarri A volume in the Alan B. and Charna Larkin Series on the American Presidency