Thomas Jefferson and Executive Power

by Jeremy D. Bailey

This book examines Thomas Jefferson's attempt to combine respect for a fundamental constitution with the fact that no set of laws can foresee every event. His solution to this problem offers a democratic, yet strong, alternative to the more common, Hamiltonian solution. Jefferson scholars have long written of 'two Jeffersons, ' one before he became president and one after he became president. The first was opposed to a strong executive, while the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521868319
• ISBN13: 9780521868310
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"