The Unitary Executive: Presidential Power from Washington to Bush

by Christopher S. Yoo and Steven G. Calabresi

Book Overview

This book is the first to undertake a detailed historical and legal examination of presidential power and the theory of the unitary executive. This theory-that the Constitution gives the president the power to remove and control all policy-making subordinates in the executive branch-has been the subject of heated debate since the Reagan years. To determine whether the Constitution creates a strongly unitary executive, Steven G. Calabresi and Christopher...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300191391
• ISBN13: 9780300191394
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 558 Pages
• Weight: 1.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"