Foreword

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction: Purpose, Scope, Method 1
6. Part I. The work of the convention
7. 1 Creating a Republican Executive 19
8. 2 Debate Begins on the Presidency 36
9. 3 Election and Removal 54
10. 4 The Audacious Innovations of the Committee of Detail 62
11. 5 Completing the Executive 75
12. 6 Ratification Debates 87
13. Part II. Allocating royal powers
14. 7 The Framers’ General Theory of Allocating Powers 95
15. 8 The Core Legislative Powers of Taxing and Lawmaking 100
16. 9 The President’s Legislative Powers 120
17. 10 The Power to Control Law Execution 142
18. 11 Foreign Affairs and War 175
19. 12 Other Prerogative Powers 213
20. Part III. the logical structure of article II
21. 13 The Executive Power Vesting Clause 235
22. 14 The Logic of the Organization of Article II 263
23. 15 The Three Varieties of Presidential Power 277
24. Part IV. illustrative examples
25. 16 Two Classic Cases 287
26. 17 Three Presidents, Three Conflicts 296
27. 18 The Administrative State 320
28. Conclusion 351
29. Short-Form Citations 353
30. Notes 355
31. Index 403