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Thomas Jefferson and executive power / Jeremy D. Bailey

Author
Bailey, Jeremy D., 1974-
Published
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvi, 280 pages)
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Language Note
English.
Contents
"The execution of laws is more important than the making of them" : reconciling executive power with democracy -- Executive power and the Virginia executive -- Executive power and the constitution of 1787 -- "To place before mankind the common sense of the subject" : declarations of principle -- The real revolution of 1800 : Jefferson's transformation of the inaugural address -- To "produce a union of the powers of the whole" : Jefferson's transformation of the appointment and removal powers -- The Louisiana purchase -- To "complete their entire union of opinion" : the twelfth amendment as amendment to end all amendments -- "To bring their wills to a point of union and effect" : declarations and presidential speech -- Development and difficulties.
Summary
"Citizens and scholars are again confronted with a question presented by necessity and the law: Because no law can anticipate every contingency, how can any set of laws remain fundamental and practical? How can discretion be made compatible with democratic consent? Before he became president, Thomas Jefferson had devoted twenty-five years to the problem. By revisiting Jefferson's understanding of executive power, we better understand Jefferson's presidency and more fully trace the development of modern executive power."--Jacket
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ISBN
9780511350153 (electronic bk.)
0511350155 (electronic bk.)
9780511509742 (electronic bk.)
051150974X (electronic bk.)
1281086223
9781281086228
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9781107179325
9786611086220
6611086226
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9781139132404
0511351054
9780511351051
0511349297
9780511349294
0511348320
9780511348327
9780521868310
0521868319
9780521127387
0521127386
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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