Title Imperial from the beginning : the constitution of the original executive / Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash

Published New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015] ©2015

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Description 1 online resource Contents A king, under the title of president -- English whigs, cordial in their ... jealousies of their executive magistrate -- Constituting his highness the president -- The executive power as the active principle in all governments -- The constitutional executor of the laws -- The transaction of business with foreign nations is executive altogether -- First general and admiral of the confederacy -- The executive power of appointing, overseeing, and controlling those who execute the laws -- Not a single privilege is annexed to his character -- The combined authority of execution and legislation -- Judges as shoots from the executive stock -- Whatever requisition the president shall make and the federal duties of state executives -- The president as glorious protector of the constitution Summary 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's chief executive at the Constitution'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'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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Executive power -- United States -- History -- 18th century Legislative power -- United States -- History -- 18th century Presidents -- United States -- History -- 18th century Judges -- United States -- History -- 18th century Republicanism -- United States -- History -- 18th century Political leadership -- United States -- History -- 18th century Constitutional history -- United States. LAW -- Constitutional. LAW -- Public. Constitutional history Executive power Judges Legislative power Political leadership Politics and government Presidents Republicanism United States of America, USA. Constitution: government & the state. Political leaders & leadership. Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law. Constitutional & administrative law: general. Law. SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 18th century Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780300213416 0300213417

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