Take up your pen : unilateral presidential directives in American politics / Graham G. Dodds.

Author/creator Dodds, Graham G. author.
Format Book
PublicationPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]
Copyright Date©2013
Description309 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Executive orders--United States. --History.
Executive power--United States. --History.
Separation of powers--United States. --History.
Presidents--United States. --History.

SeriesDemocracy, citizenship, and constitutionalism
Democracy, citizenship, and constitutionalism. ^A1092304
Contents Unilateral directives and the presidency -- The constitutional executive -- Judicial sanction -- Early unilateral presidential directives -- Theodore Roosevelt and the rise of unilateral presidential directives -- Unilateral presidential directives from Roosevelt to Roosevelt : Taft through FDR -- Unilateral presidential directives from the postwar era to the present day.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 285-301) and index.
ISBN0812245113 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780812245110 (hbk. : alk. paper)