Nurturing the imperial presidency a how-to manual in eight essays / by Brien Hallett.

Author/creator Hallett, Brien
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLeiden ; Boston : Bril, [2021]
Descriptionxiv, 200 pages ; 25 cm.
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SeriesTheory workshop - new frontiers in social and political theory, 2590-1869 ; volume 1
Contents The moral and procedural structure of declarations of war : an introduction -- Executive war making from George H. W. Bush to Gilgamesh : invariant state practice -- The congressional incapacity to declare war : legislative sins of Omission vs. Executive Sins of Commission -- Defining war and the declaring of war : performative speech acts and ontological guillotines -- The declaring of war as a conflict resolution strategy -- The United Nation's Security Council : an "original understanding" vs. "original intentions" -- A monarchia vs. a Republican constitution : misplacing ends and means -- Ends and means or check and balance? Obscuring agency by authorizing war in the United States and Europe.
Abstract "Wishing to be helpful, Nurturing the Imperial Presidency by Brien Hallett illuminates the 5,000-year-old invariant practice of executive war-making. Why has the nation's war leader always decided and declared war? Substituting a speech act approach for the traditional "separation of powers" approach, Hallett argues that he who controls the drafting of the declaration of war also controls the decision to go to war. Since legislated "authorization to use force" are based upon "a collective judgement and agreement" between executive and legislative branches, such legislative vetoes in no way hinder executive control of either the drafting of the declaration or the decision. Innovative ways to deny the executive its ability to draft the declaration and, hence, to decide are proposed"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 187-193) and index.
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LCCN 2020031332
ISBN9789004439252 (hardback ; alk. paper)
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