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LEADER: 01732nam a22003018a 4500
001 2008012077
003 DLC
005 20080320162341.0
008 080314s2008 dcu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008012077
020 $a9780815770442 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aJK516$b.P49 2008
082 00 $a973.931$222
100 1 $aPfiffner, James P.
245 10 $aPower play :$bthe Bush presidency and the Constitution /$cJames P. Pfiffner.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bBrookings Institution Press,$cc2008.
263 $a0806
300 $ap. cm.
520 $a"Analyzes the Bush presidency's efforts to expand executive power, putting them into constitutional and historical perspective. Explores the evolution of Anglo-American thinking about executive power and individual rights. Documents how the current administration has undermined the separation of powers and shows how these practices have imperiled the rule of law"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aA government of laws or men? -- The nature of executive power -- Creating individual rights and an independent legislature -- The American Constitution -- The power to imprison and the writ of habeas corpus -- The power to torture -- The power to surveil -- The power to ignore the law : signing statements -- Conclusion: Constitutionalism and the rule of law.
650 0 $aExecutive power$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century.
650 0 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century.
600 10 $aBush, George W.$q(George Walker),$d1946-
610 10 $aUnited States.$tConstitution.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2001-