Presidential Defiance of Unconstitutional Laws: Reviving the Royal Prerogative
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Since the mid-1970s American presidents have, with growing frequency, claimed that they have the power to ignore any law they believe is unconstitutional. Beginning with a review of the English constitutional backdrop against which the U.S. Constitution was framed, this book demonstrates that the Founders did not intend to confer on the president a power equivalent to the royal prerogative of suspending the laws, which was stripped from the English...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:031330064X
ISBN13:9780313300646
Release Date:August 1998
Publisher:Praeger
Length:232 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"
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