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Author Fatovic, Clement, 1973-

Title Outside the law : emergency and executive power / Clement Fatovic.

Publication Info. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 352 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Johns Hopkins series in constitutional thought
Johns Hopkins series in constitutional thought.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-341) and index.
Contents "So many unexpected things" : contingency and character in modern political thought -- "Without the prescription of the law" : virtue and discretion in Locke's theory of prerogative -- "All was confusion and disorder" : regularity and character in Hume's political thought -- "The king can do no wrong" : Blackstone on the executive in law -- "It squints towards monarchy" : constitutional flexibility and the powers of the president -- A "patriotic and dignifying president" : republican virtue and the presidency -- Conclusion.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject War and emergency powers -- United States -- History.
War and emergency powers.
United States.
History.
Constitutional history -- United States.
Constitutional history.
Political science -- United States -- History.
Political science.
Chronological Term 1789-1809
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Fatovic, Clement, 1973- Outside the law. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009 9780801893629 (DLC) 2008055996 (OCoLC)305390726
ISBN 9780801895272 (electronic book)
0801895278 (electronic book)
9780801893629 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0801893623 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)