Liberal constitutionalism and emergency action
Subtitle: executive power from Locke to the American founding
By: Clement Fatovic.
Series: The Johns Hopkins series in constitutional thought
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801893629
Subjects: War and emergency powers -- United States -- History; Constitutional history -- United States; Political science -- United States -- History; United States -- History -- Constitutional period, 1789-1809
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Contingency and character; title: Virtue and discretion in Locke's theory of prerogative; title: The regularity of constitutions and character in Hume's political thought; title: "The king can do no wrong" : Blackstone on the executive in law; title: "It squints towards monarchy" : constitutional flexibility and the powers of the president; title: A "patriotic and dignifying president" : republican virtue and the presidency; title: Conclusion.