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Governments of Western Europe, Government in France: An Introduction to the Executive Power focuses on the affairs of the government of France. The book first offers information on the history of the French government, including the presidency of the Vth republic. The text also expounds on the role and influence of the prime minister in overseeing the affairs of the government. The selection takes a look at the problems associated with the rational division of administrative tasks and duties in the government. The creation of ministries to ensure efficiency in the affairs of the government is.

The importance of foreign trade in the conduct of foreign affairs demonstrates that many foreign commerce questions contain foreign affairs overtones. For example, President Nixon has recently noted that congressional restrictions on granting the Soviet Union most-favored-nation treatment would be "a hurdle to further detente." Although article I, section 8 of the Constitution vests the power to regulate foreign commerce in the legislative branch, the Congress has delegated a great deal of that power to the Executive. Moreover, it appears that the President possesses certain inherent powers in foreign commerce as a result of his extensive, albeit undefined, authority in foreign affairs. An examination of the President's foreign affairs power, therefore, is required to determine the extent of this derivative authority in the field of foreign commerce. The Import Surcharge of 1971, pursuant to which the President imposed a ten per cent surcharge on goods imported into the United States in an effort to correct the balance of payments deficit, provides a useful vehicle for conducting an examination of the convergence of the statutory delegation in the area of tariff regulation and the Executive's inherent powers in foreign commerce.

Throughout most of the nineteenth century the Legislative branch was by and large the predominant of the three branches. The Twentieth Century was to change this as the Executive branch was to become dominant. World wars, increased foreign relations, the development of the positive state and strong personalities in the Executive were certainly of prime importance in bringing about this reversal. The increased use by the Executive of expressed or implied constitutional powers has definitely been another factor. One of these implied constitutional tools is the executive agreement. It is the purpose of this thesis to trace the evolution of the executive agreement as a tool of Twentieth Century executive power.