Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures and Table
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 “The execution of laws is more important than the making of them”: Reconciling Executive Power with Democracy
- 2 Executive Power and the Virginia Executive
- 3 Executive Power and the Constitution of 1787
- 4 “To place before mankind the common sense of the subject”: Declarations of Principle
- 5 The Real Revolution of 1800: Jefferson's Transformation of the Inaugural Address
- 6 To “produce a union of the powers of the whole”: Jefferson's Transformation of the Appointment and Removal Powers
- 7 The Louisiana Purchase
- 8 To “complete their entire union of opinion”: The Twelfth Amendment as Amendment to End All Amendments
- 9 “To bring their wills to a point of union and effect”: Declarations and Presidential Speech
- Development and Difficulties
- Index
List of Figures and Table
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 July 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures and Table
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 “The execution of laws is more important than the making of them”: Reconciling Executive Power with Democracy
- 2 Executive Power and the Virginia Executive
- 3 Executive Power and the Constitution of 1787
- 4 “To place before mankind the common sense of the subject”: Declarations of Principle
- 5 The Real Revolution of 1800: Jefferson's Transformation of the Inaugural Address
- 6 To “produce a union of the powers of the whole”: Jefferson's Transformation of the Appointment and Removal Powers
- 7 The Louisiana Purchase
- 8 To “complete their entire union of opinion”: The Twelfth Amendment as Amendment to End All Amendments
- 9 “To bring their wills to a point of union and effect”: Declarations and Presidential Speech
- Development and Difficulties
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
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- Thomas Jefferson and Executive Power , pp. viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007