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Sovereignty and the new executive authority / Claire Finkelstein and Michael Skerker.
Contributor(s): Finkelstein, Claire Oakes [editor.]
| Skerker, Michael [editor.]Series: Oxford series in ethics, national security, and the rule of law: ; Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190922573Subject(s): Executive power -- United States | War and emergency powers -- United States | Sovereignty | War and emergency powers | Executive power | Law | Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of lawAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190922542DDC classification: 342.73062 LOC classification: KF5065 | .S68 2018Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This volume explores moral and legal issues relating to the concept of sovereignty across four areas. The essays in Part I address foundational questions about the nature of sovereignty and seek to trace the ways in which the traditional concept of sovereignty laid the foundation for the modern conception of executive authority. The essays in Part II examine the tension between the executive's duty to act expeditiously for the public interest and the executive's duty to gain citizens' consent for his or her actions.
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Previously issued in print: 2018.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume explores moral and legal issues relating to the concept of sovereignty across four areas. The essays in Part I address foundational questions about the nature of sovereignty and seek to trace the ways in which the traditional concept of sovereignty laid the foundation for the modern conception of executive authority. The essays in Part II examine the tension between the executive's duty to act expeditiously for the public interest and the executive's duty to gain citizens' consent for his or her actions.
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