The presidential pardon : the short clause with a long, troubled history / Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash.

Author/creator Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore author.
Format Book
PublicationCambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2026.
Descriptionxvii, 174 pages ; 19 cm
Subjects

Contents Preface: Twenty Words -- An Eighteenth-Century Clause -- Parsing the Pardon Power -- Washingtonian Mercy -- Politics by Other Means -- A Tale of Two Clemencies -- Our Pardon Dystopia -- The Future of Twenty Words.
Abstract "Today, pardons seem to be astonishingly broad and everywhere, with candidates promising pardons and presidents eagerly passing out get-out-of-jail free cards to allies and relatives. Saikrishna Prakash explores the transformation of the pardon-once mostly a rare feat of principled deliberation, now a routine matter of pure political expediency."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore. Presidential pardon. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2026 9780674303881
Genre/formLaw materials.
Genre/formMatériel juridique.
LCCN 2025032460
ISBN9780674303201 cloth
ISBN0674303202 cloth
ISBNepub
ISBNpdf
Standard identifier# CIPO000317119

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Joyner General Stacks KF9695 .P73 2026 ✔ Available Place Hold