Thomas Jefferson and Executive Power托马斯-杰弗逊与行政权

书籍目录

List of Figures and TablePrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1 "The execution of laws is more important than the making of them": Reconciling Executive Power with Democracy2 Executive Power and the Virginia Executive3  Executive Power and the Constitution of 17874  "To place before mankind the common sense of the subject": Declarations of Principle5 The Real Revolution of 18oo: Jefferson's Transformation of the Inaugural Address6 To "produce a union of the powers of the whole": Jefferson's Transformation of the Appointment and Removal Powers7 The Louisiana Purchase8 To "complete their entire union of opinion": The Twelfth Amendment as Amendment to End All Amendments9 "To bring their wills to a point of union and effect": Declarations and Presidential Speech10 Development and Difficulties  Index  Figures  1 Possible Constitutional Positions Regarding Ratification     of Louisiana Treaty  2 Policy Questions after Ratification of Louisiana Treaty  3 Constitutional Questions after Ratification of Louisiana TreatyTable  1 Senators Voting in the Minority during Debate on the Louisiana Treaty

作者简介

By revisiting Thomas Jefferson's understanding of executive power this book offers a new understanding of the origins of presidential power. Before Jefferson was elected president, he arrived at a way to resolve the tension between constitutionalism and executive power. Because his solution would preserve a strict interpretation of the Constitution as well as transform the precedents left by his Federalist predecessors, it provided an alternative to Alexander Hamilton's understanding of executive power. In fact, a more thorough account of Jefferson's political career suggests that Jefferson envisioned an executive that was powerful, or 'energetic', because it would be more explicitly attached to the majority will. Jefferson's Revolution of 1800, often portrayed as a reversal of the strong presidency, was itself premised on energy in the executive and was part of Jefferson's project to enable the Constitution to survive and even flourish in a world governed by necessity.

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