The Executive Unbound

The Executive Unbound
Author :
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 257
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780199831753
ISBN-13 : 0199831750
Rating : 4/5 (750 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Executive Unbound by : Eric A. Posner

Download or read book The Executive Unbound written by Eric A. Posner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-16 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. used "imperial presidency" as a book title, the term has become central to the debate about the balance of power in the U.S. government. Since the presidency of George W. Bush, when advocates of executive power such as Dick Cheney gained ascendancy, the argument has blazed hotter than ever. Many argue the Constitution itself is in grave danger. What is to be done? The answer, according to legal scholars Eric Posner and Adrian Vermeule, is nothing. In The Executive Unbound, they provide a bracing challenge to conventional wisdom, arguing that a strong presidency is inevitable in the modern world. Most scholars, they note, object to today's level of executive power because it varies so dramatically from the vision of the framers. But there is nothing in our system of checks and balances that intrinsically generates order or promotes positive arrangements. In fact, the greater complexity of the modern world produces a concentration of power, particularly in the White House. The authors chart the rise of executive authority straight through to the Obama presidency. Political, cultural and social restraints, they argue, have been more effective in preventing dictatorship than any law. The executive-centered state tends to generate political checks that substitute for the legal checks of the Madisonian constitution.


The Executive Unbound Related Books

The Executive Unbound
Language: en
Pages: 257
Authors: Eric A. Posner
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-03-16 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Ever since Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. used "imperial presidency" as a book title, the term has become central to the debate about the balance of power in the U.S
Unbound
Language: en
Pages: 305
Authors: Heather Boushey
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-10-15 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A Financial Times Book of the Year “The strongest documentation I have seen for the many ways in which inequality is harmful to economic growth.” —Jason F
Amazon Unbound
Language: en
Pages: 512
Authors: Brad Stone
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-05-10 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Portrait of the growth of tech company Amazon and the evolution of its billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos.
Knowledge Unbound
Language: en
Pages: 453
Authors: Peter Suber
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-06 - Publisher: MIT Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Influential writings make the case for open access to research, explore its implications, and document the early struggles and successes of the open access move
Generation Unbound
Language: en
Pages: 227
Authors: Isabel V. Sawhill
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-09-25 - Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Over half of all births to young adults in the United States now occur outside of marriage, and many are unplanned. The result is increased poverty and inequali