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The broad use of the "dictatorial" powers granted by the German constitution to the president and the widespread popular demand for constitutional and administrative reform are the two dominant themes of political discussion in Germany today. Both are centered in the problem of what place the executive power occupies, and should occupy, in the German constitutional order. In this age of dictatorship and national concentration, the question is by no means peculiar to Germany. But the German situation contains a number of unusual features which it is the object of this paper to make more vivid and understandable. To this end, I shall first sketch the earlier history of a rather independent executive, then show the place of the executive power in the ordinary parliamentary system of the Weimar constitution, and finally discuss the emergence of a more independent executive under the presidential emergency power.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 "So Many Unexpected Things": Contingency and Character in Modern Political Thought -- 2 "Without the Prescription of the Law": Virtue and Discretion in Locke's Theory of Prerogative -- 3 "All Was Confusion and Disorder": Regularity and Character in Hume's Political Thought -- 4 "The King Can Do No Wrong": Blackstone on the Executive in Law -- 5 "It Squints towards Monarchy": Constitutional Flexibility and the Powers of the President -- 6 A "Patriotic and Dignifying President": Republican Virtue and the Presidency -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.

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"Reprinted from the proceedings of the American political science association, 1913-1914." ; Cover-title. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Are ExecutiveOrders Necessary for Presidents toTake Important Political Action? -- Do Executive Orders Work against theThree-Branch Political System? -- Do Executive Orders Give the President Too Much Power? -- Are Executive Orders Vital in Times of National Emergency? -- Organizations to Contact -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover

From the introduction: It is the object of this treatise to analyze in main outlines and in the manner prescribed by Locke and followed by Montesqieu, the legislative and executive powers of both the British constitutional system and the American Constitution. The collaboration of the various organs, the distribution of the functions over the organs will be distinguished, together with the various differences and disparities between these two constitutional systems, which were strongly influenced in their divergent structure by the respective teachings of Locke and Montesquieu.

Reprinted from the author's Constitutional government in the United States, published 1908. ; Mode of access: Internet.