Presidential constitutionalism in perilous times /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Matheson, Scott M., 1953-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Subjects:	Executive power > United States > History. Presidents > United States > History. United States. > Constitution. United States > Politics and government.

Table of Contents:

Presidential power and constitutionalism
Constitutionalism and executive power
Dynamic variables in emergency constitutionalism
Emergencies and constitutional perspectives
Presidents and constitutionalism
Abraham Lincoln: "popular demand and public necessity"
Woodrow Wilson: "if there should be disloyalty, it will be dealt with with a firm hand of stern repression"
Franklin Delano Roosevelt : "every possible protection against espionage and against sabotage"
Harry S. Truman : "within the aggregate of his constitutional powers"
George W. Bush and constitutionalism
Torture
Surveillance
Detention
Conclusion : a call for executive constitutionalism
Presidential power claims and constitutional perspectives
Executive constitutionalism.