The Power of Separation
Author | : Jessica Korn |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1998-03-29 |
ISBN-10 | : 0691058563 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780691058566 |
Rating | : 4/5 (566 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Power of Separation written by Jessica Korn and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1998-03-29 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Jessica Korn challenges the notion that the 18th-century principles underlying the American separation of powers system are incompatible with the demands of 20th-century governance by questioning the dominant scholarship on the legislative veto. Korn's analysis shows that commentators have exaggerated the legislative veto's significance as a result of their incorrect assumption that the separation of powers was designed solely to check governmental authority.