The Modern Theory of Presidential Power: Alexander Hamilton and the Corwin Thesis

by Richard Loss

This book takes a critical look at Edward S. Corwin's Hamilton thesis, which names Alexander Hamilton as the primary contributor to the modern theory of presidential power. It examines the theoretical and practical articulation of the presidency by Hamilton and George Washington, the development of the modern theory through the administrations of Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Wilson, and FDR, and the theories of other presidential scholars. An epilogue...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313267510
• ISBN13: 9780313267512
• Release Date: June 1990
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"