Imperial from the Beginning
Subtitle: The Constitution of the Original Executive
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780300194562
Subjects: Executive power; Legislative power; Presidents, united states; Judges; Republicanism; Political leadership; Constitutional history, united states; United states, politics and government
Description: Eminent scholar Saikrishna Prakash offers the first truly comprehensive study of the original American presidency. Drawing from a vast range of sources both well known and obscure, this volume reconstructs the powers and duties of the nation{u2019}s chief executive at the Constitution{u2019}s founding. Among other subjects, Prakash examines the term and structure of the office of the president, his power as constitutional executor of the law, his foreign policy authority, his role as commander in chief, the president{u2019}s authority during emergencies, and his relations with the U.S. Congress, the courts, and the states. This ambitious and even-handed analysis counters numerous misconceptions about the presidency and fairly demonstrates that the office has long been regarded as monarchical. -- Amazon's website.