Imperial from the beginning : the constitution of the original executive /

Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore,

Imperial from the beginning : the constitution of the original executive / Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash. - New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

A king, under the title of president -- English whigs, cordial in their . . . jealousies of their executive magistrate -- Constituting his highness the president -- The executive power as the active principle in all governments -- The constitutional executor of the laws -- The transaction of business with foreign nations is executive altogether -- First general and admiral of the confederacy -- The executive power of appointing, overseeing, and controlling those who execute the laws -- Not a single privilege is annexed to his character -- The combined authority of execution and legislation -- Judges as shoots from the executive stock -- Whatever requisition the president shall make and the federal duties of state executives -- The president as glorious protector of the constitution.



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Executive power--History--United States--18th century.
Legislative power--History--United States--18th century.
Presidents--History--United States--18th century.
Judges--History--United States--18th century.
Republicanism--History--United States--18th century.
Political leadership--History--United States--18th century.
Constitutional history--United States.


Electronic Books.

KF5053 / .I474 2015