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

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.

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War and emergency powers -- United States -- History.

Constitutional history -- United States.

Political science -- United States -- History.

United States -- History -- Constitutional period, 1789-1809.

1. So many unexpected things : contingency and character in modern political thought

2. Without the prescription of the law : virtue and discretion in Locke's theory of prerogative

3. All was confusion and disorder : regularity and character in Hume's political thought

4. The king can do no wrong : Blackstone on the executive in law

5. It squints towards monarchy : constitutional flexibility and the powers of the president

6. A "patriotic and dignifying president" : republican virtue and the presidency

Conclusion.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780801893629

viii, 352 p. ; 24 cm