Power play (Record no. 47745)

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082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 973.931
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Pfiffner, James P.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Power play
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Washington, D.C. :
Name of publisher Brookings Institution Press,
Year of publication c2008.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages xiv, 299 p.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note A government of laws or men? -- The nature of executive power -- Creating individual rights and an independent legislature -- The American Constitution -- The power to imprison : habeas corpus -- The power to torture -- The power to surveil -- The power to ignore the law : signing statements -- Conclusion: Constitutionalism and the rule of law.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "Analyzes the Bush presidency's efforts to expand executive power, putting them into constitutional and historical perspective. Explores the evolution of Anglo-American thinking about executive power and individual rights. Documents how the current administration has undermined the separation of powers and shows how these practices have imperiled the rule of law"--Provided by publisher.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Executive power
Topical Term Presidents
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10338474

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