The Law of the Executive Branch by Louis Fisher

The Law of the Executive Branch by Louis Fisher

The Law of the Executive Branch: Presidential Power places the law of the executive branch firmly in the context of constitutional language, framers' intent, and more than two centuries of practice. Each provision of the US Constitution is analyzed to reveal its contemporary meaning and in concert with the application of presidential power.

Louis Fisher's work has for many years been indispensable to me while I served in CongressHis superb scholarship on the separation of powers and the encroachment of the imperial presidency will be ever more valued when the history of our era is written. With the publication of The Law of the Executive Branch: Presidential Power , Dr. Fisher makes an enormous contribution to the study of the presidency. The book is a masterwork of scholarship, a remarkable milestone in a remarkable career. We all owe him an enormous debt of gratitude. * Ron Paul, M.D. former Member, US House of Representatives *

Louis Fisher is Scholar in Residence at the Constitution Project. Previously he worked for four decades at the Library of Congress as Senior Specialist in Separation of Powers (Congressional Research Service, from 1970 to 1996); and Specialist in Constitutional Law (Law Library, from 2006 to 2010). During his service with CRS he was research director of the House Iran-Contra Committee in 1987, writing major sections of the final report. Dr. Fisher has authored 20 books, almost 500 articles, and hundreds of reports. Dr. Fisher has been invited to testify before Congress nearly 50 times on such issues as war powers, state secrets privilege, NSA surveillance, executive spending discretion, presidential reorganization authority, Congress and the Constitution, the legislative veto, the item veto, the Gramm-Rudman deficit control act, executive privilege, executive lobbying, CIA whistleblowing, covert spending, the pocket veto, and recess appointments.

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ISBN 13	9780199856213
ISBN 10	0199856214
Title	The Law of the Executive Branch
Author	Louis Fisher
Series	Oxford Commentaries On American Law
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Oxford University Press Inc
Year published	2014-02-27
Number of pages	480
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