The unitary executive : presidential power from Washington to Bush / Steven G. Calabresi and Christopher S. Yoo.

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, c2008.

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Executive power -- History -- United States.

Presidents -- History -- United States.

United States -- Politics and government -- History.

Part I. --Part II. --Part III. --Part IV. --Part V. --Part VI. --Part VII. --Part VIII. An introduction to the debate over the unitary executive The unitary executive during the early years of the Republic, 1787-1837 The unitary executive during the Jacksonian period, 1837-1861 The unitary executive during the Civil War, 1861-1869 The unitary executive during the gilded age, 1869-1889 The unitary executive during the rise of the administrative state, 1889-1945 The unitary executive during the modern era, 1945-2007 Conclusion.

This book provides a detailed historical and legal examination of presidential power and the theory of the unitary executive.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher. Detailed table of contents available via online link.

Includes bibliographical references ( p. 511-515) and index.

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0300121261

xiii, 544 p. ; 24 cm