Presidential term limits in American history
Subtitle: power, principles, and politics
By: Michael J. Korzi
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Joseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes series on the presidency and leadership; Joseph V. Hughes, Jr. and Holly O. Hughes series on the presidency and leadership
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9781603442312; 9781603442800
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Democracy, power, and presidential tenure; title: Executive tenure in early America; title: "Sound precedent": the development of the two-term tradition; title: The tradition falls: Roosevelt's third term; title: The troubling case of FDR's fourth term; title: Tradition resurgent: the Twenty-second Amendment; title: Ambition, democracy, and constitutional balance.