1. THE IMBECILIC EXECUTIVE.
- Author
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Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore
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EXECUTIVE power , *MARTIAL law , *AMERICAN Civil War, 1861-1865 , *CRISES ,BRITISH monarchy - Abstract
The article discusses the emergency powers granted to the U.S. President by the U.S. Constitution, with the author arguing that the original Constitution did not invest the executive with effective powers in the case of crises. Other topics addressed include emergency powers in the late-18th-century English monarchy, martial law, and the U.S. Civil War's impact on executive power.
- Published
- 2013