Thomas Jefferson and Executive Power托马斯-杰弗逊与行政权

出版时间：2007-6  出版社：Cambridge Univ Pr  作者：Bailey, Jeremy D.  页数：280  

内容概要

This book examines Thomas Jefferson's attempt to combine respect for a fundamental constitution with the fact that no set of laws can foresee every event. His solution to this problem offers a democratic, yet strong, alternative to the more common, Hamiltonian solution. Jefferson scholars have long written of 'two Jeffersons,' one before he became president and one after he became president. The first was opposed to a strong executive, while the second embraced one out of necessity. This book challenges this account. It presents Jefferson's understanding of executive power, which, though it developed over time, pointed to an executive that was both democratic and powerful. 　　作者简介：　　Jeremy D. Bailey is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Duquesne University. He was the co-winner of the 2004 APSA E. E. Schattschneider Award for best dissertation in American politics written in 2002 or 2003.

书籍目录

List of Figures and TablePrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1 "The execution of laws is more important than the making of them": Reconciling Executive Power with Democracy2 Executive Power and the Virginia Executive3  Executive Power and the Constitution of 17874  "To place before mankind the common sense of the subject": Declarations of Principle5 The Real Revolution of 18oo: Jefferson's Transformation of the Inaugural Address6 To "produce a union of the powers of the whole": Jefferson's Transformation of the Appointment and Removal Powers7 The Louisiana Purchase8 To "complete their entire union of opinion": The Twelfth Amendment as Amendment to End All Amendments9 "To bring their wills to a point of union and effect": Declarations and Presidential Speech10 Development and Difficulties  Index  Figures  1 Possible Constitutional Positions Regarding Ratification     of Louisiana Treaty  2 Policy Questions after Ratification of Louisiana Treaty  3 Constitutional Questions after Ratification of Louisiana TreatyTable  1 Senators Voting in the Minority during Debate on the Louisiana Treaty