Once and Future King The Rise of Crown Government in America

Name: Once and Future King The Rise of Crown Government in America
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ISBN: 9781594037191

ISBN-10: 1594037191

ISBN-13: 9781594037191

Edition: 2014

Authors: F. H. Buckley

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The book takes on some of the most cherished beliefs Americans have about their country: that it is the freest in the world, that this is so because of its Constitution (notably, with its separation of powers) and that for this we owe our thanks to the Framers at the Philadelphia Convention. To them Buckley says that this isn’t the freest country in the world, that parliamentary regimes (without a separation of powers) are generally freer and that what the Framers wanted was something much closer to parliamentary government.Were presidential government benign, one might not be concerned about the remarkable rise of executive power in America. The complacency is misplaced, however, for the…

Book details

List price: $27.99
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Encounter Books
Publication date: 4/8/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 424
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.650