Jeremy D Bailey

Thomas Jefferson and Executive Power

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Produktbeschreibung

By revisiting Thomas Jefferson's understanding of executive power this book offers a new understanding of the origins of presidential power. Before Jefferson was elected president, he arrived at a way to resolve the tension between constitutionalism and executive power. Because his solution would preserve a strict interpretation of the Constitution as well as transform the precedents left by his Federalist predecessors, it provided an alternative to Alexander Hamilton's understanding of executive power. In fact, a more thorough account of Jefferson's political career suggests that Jefferson envisioned an executive that was powerful, or 'energetic', because it would be more explicitly attached to the majority will. Jefferson's Revolution of 1800, often portrayed as a reversal of the strong presidency, was itself premised on energy in the executive and was part of Jefferson's project to enable the Constitution to survive and even flourish in a world governed by necessity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9780521868310
• ISBN-10: 0521868319
• Artikelnr.: 22590734

Autorenporträt

Jeremy D. Bailey is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Houston. He was the co-winner of the 2004 APSA E. E. Schattschneider Award for best dissertation in American politics written in 2002 or 2003 and has received fellowships from the International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello and the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna.

Inhaltsangabe

1. 'The execution of laws is more important than the making of them':
reconciling executive energy with democracy; 2. Executive power and the
Virginia executive; 3. Executive power and the constitution of 1787; 4. 'To
place before mankind the common sense of the subject': declarations of
principle; 5. The real revolution of 1800: Jefferson's transformation of
the inaugural address; 6. To 'produce a union of the powers of the whole':
Jefferson's transformation of the appointment and removal powers; 7. The
Louisiana Purchase; 8. To 'complete their entire union of opinion': the
twelfth amendment as amendment to end all amendments; 9. 'To bring their
wills to a point of union and effect': declarations and presidential
speech; 10. Development and difficulties.