Outside the Law: Emergency and Executive Power
(Part of the The Johns Hopkins Series in Constitutional Thought Series)
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The origins of presidential claims to extraconstitutional powers during national crises are contentious points of debate among constitutional and legal scholars. The Constitution is silent on the matter, yet from Abraham Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus during the Civil War to George W. Bush's creation of the "enemy combatants" label, a number of presidents have invoked emergency executive power in defense of actions not specifically endorsed...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0801893623
ISBN13:9780801893629
Release Date:November 2009
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:368 Pages
Weight:1.45 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.3" x 9.1"
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