Constitutional DictatorshipTransaction Publishers - 322 pages |
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Page ix
... Weimar Germany , France , En- gland , and the United States — that the facts of history demonstrate that , from time to time , constitutional dictatorship has served as an indispensable factor in maintaining constitutional democracy ...
... Weimar Germany , France , En- gland , and the United States — that the facts of history demonstrate that , from time to time , constitutional dictatorship has served as an indispensable factor in maintaining constitutional democracy ...
Page x
... Weimar Constitution — makes no express provision for its suspension . Su- preme Court doctrine , which is what the law schools teach , does not recognize any implied presidential power to suspend the Constitution : " The Constitution of ...
... Weimar Constitution — makes no express provision for its suspension . Su- preme Court doctrine , which is what the law schools teach , does not recognize any implied presidential power to suspend the Constitution : " The Constitution of ...
Page xi
... Weimar Republic where a constitutional dictatorship degenerated into a dictator- ship ) and the criteria by which the concept's constitutionality can be tested . Rossiter outlines the principles of constitutional dictatorship as follows ...
... Weimar Republic where a constitutional dictatorship degenerated into a dictator- ship ) and the criteria by which the concept's constitutionality can be tested . Rossiter outlines the principles of constitutional dictatorship as follows ...
Page xiv
... Weimar Constitution provided : If a state does not fulfill the duties incumbent upon it under the national Constitution or laws , the President of the Reich may compel it to do so with the aid of the armed forces . If the public safety ...
... Weimar Constitution provided : If a state does not fulfill the duties incumbent upon it under the national Constitution or laws , the President of the Reich may compel it to do so with the aid of the armed forces . If the public safety ...
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... Weimar Constitution's draftsmen's " fatal mistake " was to create the Reichstag as the oversight body , but then to give the president the power to dissolve the Reichstag . Of course , Weimar did not fail because of a drafting error ...
... Weimar Constitution's draftsmen's " fatal mistake " was to create the Reichstag as the oversight body , but then to give the president the power to dissolve the Reichstag . Of course , Weimar did not fail because of a drafting error ...
Contents
11 | |
III | 33 |
2305 | 61 |
THE STATE OF SIEGE IN HISTORY LAW AND THEORY | 79 |
THE FIRST WORLD | 91 |
X | 135 |
XI | 151 |
CRISIS GOVERNMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN 19191939 | 173 |
CRISIS GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES | 207 |
THE CIVIL | 223 |
FIRST WORLD | 240 |
THE NEW DEAL AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION | 255 |
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN | 265 |
XIX | 288 |
INDEX | 315 |
XIII | 184 |
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Constitutional Dictatorship: Crisis Government in the Modern Democracies Clinton Lawrence Rossiter No preview available - 1948 |
Constitutional Dictatorship: Crisis Government in the Modern Democracies Clinton Rossiter No preview available - 2017 |
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