{"product_id":"executive-unbound-after-the-madisonian-republic-9780199934034","title":"Executive Unbound: After the Madisonian Republic","description":"Ever since Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. used imperial presidency as a book title, the term has become central to the debate about the balance of power in the U.S. government. Since the presidency of George W. Bush, when advocates of executive power such as Dick Cheney gained ascendancy, the\u003cbr\u003eargument has blazed hotter than ever. Many argue the Constitution itself is in grave danger. What is to be done? The answer, according to legal scholars Eric Posner and Adrian Vermeule, is nothing. In \u003cem\u003eThe Executive Unbound\u003c\/em\u003e, they provide a bracing challenge to conventional wisdom, arguing that a\u003cbr\u003estrong presidency is inevitable in the modern world. Most scholars, they note, object to today's level of executive power because it varies so dramatically from the vision of the framers. But there is nothing in our system of checks and balances that intrinsically generates order or promotes\u003cbr\u003epositive arrangements. In fact, the greater complexity of the modern world produces a concentration of power, particularly in the White House. The authors chart the rise of executive authority straight through to the Obama presidency. Political, cultural and social restraints, they argue, have been\u003cbr\u003emore effective in preventing dictatorship than any law. The executive-centered state tends to generate political checks that substitute for the legal checks of the Madisonian constitution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric A. Posner, Adrian Vermeule\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199934034\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEric A. Posner\u003c\/strong\u003e is Kirkland and Ellis Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, and is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Perils of Global Legalism, Terror in the Balance\u003c\/em\u003e (written with Vermeule), and \u003cem\u003eClimate Change Justice\u003c\/em\u003e, among other books. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdrian Vermeule\u003c\/strong\u003e is John H. Watson Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and is the author of \u003cem\u003eLaw and the Limits of Reason, Mechanisms of Democracy\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eJudging Under Uncertainty\u003c\/em\u003e, and is the co-author with Posner of \u003cem\u003eTerror in the Balance\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40092197716083,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_78790339-4ecb-4fdc-b223-36abc5a5028e.jpg?v=1652797091","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/executive-unbound-after-the-madisonian-republic-9780199934034","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}