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"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.
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United States, History, Politics and government, Presidents, Executive power, Bush, george w. (george walker), 1946-, United states, constitution, Presidents, united states, United states, politics and government, 2001-2009, Uitvoerende macht, Presidentschap, GrondwettenPeople
George W. Bush (1946-)Places
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Power play: the Bush presidency and the Constitution
2008, Brookings Institution Press
in English
0815770448 9780815770442
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Table of Contents
A 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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