Power play : the Bush presidency and the Constitution / / James P. Pfiffner.
"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 separat...
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| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 299 p. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.