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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2013 2013) 2015)Description: 1 online resource (1 electronic text (309 p.) :) digital fileISBN:
  • 9780812208153
  • 0812208153
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleLOC classification:
  • KF5053 .D62 2013
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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..
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.
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Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-301) and index.

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..

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.

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