Imperial from the Beginning: The Constitution of the Original Executive (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780300194562)

Eminent scholar Saikrishna Prakash offers the first truly comprehensive study of the original American presidency. Drawing from a vast range of sources both well known and obscure, this volume reconstructs the powers and duties of the nation's chief executive at the Constitution's founding. Among other subjects, Prakash examines the term and structure of the office of the president, as well as the president's power as constitutional executor of the law, authority in foreign policy, role as commander in chief, level of control during emergencies, and relationship with the Congress, the courts, and the states. This ambitious and even-handed analysis counters numerous misconceptions about the presidency and fairly demonstrates that the office was seen as monarchical from its inception.

Author: Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash
ISBN-10: 0300194560
ISBN-13: 9780300194562
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/26/2015
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.30w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2015