{"product_id":"the-executive-unbound-after-the-madisonian-republic-9780199765331","title":"The Executive Unbound: After the Madisonian Republic","description":"\u003cp\u003eEver since Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. used \"imperial presidency\" as a book title  the term has become central to the debate about the balance of power in the U.S. government. Since the presidency of George W. Bush  when advocates of executive power such as Dick Cheney gained ascendancy  the argument has blazed hotter than ever. Many argue the Constitution itself is in grave danger. What is to be done? The answer  according to legal scholars Eric Posner and Adrian Vermeule  is nothing. In The Executive Unbound  they provide a bracing challenge to conventional wisdom  arguing that a strong presidency is inevitable in the modern world. Most scholars  they note  object to todays level of executive power because it varies so dramatically from the vision of the framers. But there is nothing in our system of checks and balances that intrinsically generates order or promotes positive arrangements. In fact  the greater complexity of the modern world produces a concentration of power  particularly in the White House. The authors chart the rise of executive authority straight through to the Obama presidency. Political  cultural and social restraints  they argue  have been more effective in preventing dictatorship than any law. The executive-centered state tends to generate political checks that substitute for the legal checks of the Madisonian constitution.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647559098421,"sku":"ByrdShop_0199765332","price":48.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780199765331.jpg?v=1781692717","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-executive-unbound-after-the-madisonian-republic-9780199765331","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}