| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 280 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. |
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USA Government. |
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Executive power -- United States -- History.
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Executive power. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1783-1809 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bailey, Jeremy D., 1974- Thomas Jefferson and executive power. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007 9780521868310 0521868319 (DLC) 2006036502 (OCoLC)74988001 |
| ISBN |
9780511350153 (electronic book) |
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0511350155 (electronic book) |
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9780511509742 (electronic book) |
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051150974X (electronic book) |
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1281086223 |
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9781281086228 |
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9780521868310 |
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0521868319 |
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9780521127387 |
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0521127386 |
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