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Page ix
... constitutional dictatorship " is more shocking today than when he wrote it . Rossiter concluded , based on the most thoroughgoing study of the use of emergency powers in modern democracies — Weimar Germany , France , En- gland , and the ...
... constitutional dictatorship " is more shocking today than when he wrote it . Rossiter concluded , based on the most thoroughgoing study of the use of emergency powers in modern democracies — Weimar Germany , France , En- gland , and the ...
Page x
... Constitution has not greatly bothered any wartime President . That was a ... Constitution to buy the Louisiana Territory . He did it because it was essential for ... Weimar Constitution — makes no express provision for its suspension . Su ...
... Constitution has not greatly bothered any wartime President . That was a ... Constitution to buy the Louisiana Territory . He did it because it was essential for ... Weimar Constitution — makes no express provision for its suspension . Su ...
Page xiv
... Constitution to include some express provision for emergency powers ? Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution provided : If a state does not fulfill the duties incumbent upon it under the national Constitution or laws , the President of ...
... Constitution to include some express provision for emergency powers ? Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution provided : If a state does not fulfill the duties incumbent upon it under the national Constitution or laws , the President of ...
Page xv
... Weimar did not fail because of a drafting error . The Reichstag and German democracy failed . Chancellor Hitler , in 1933 , issued his first de- crees pursuant to Article 48. After that , he discarded the Weimar Constitution . The Weimar ...
... Weimar did not fail because of a drafting error . The Reichstag and German democracy failed . Chancellor Hitler , in 1933 , issued his first de- crees pursuant to Article 48. After that , he discarded the Weimar Constitution . The Weimar ...
Page xvi
... Weimar failed because the Reichstag failed to perform its crucial function . Congress , in the current crisis setting , should be in continuous session . Ultimately , though , our system rests on the individual ; it is the people's job ...
... Weimar failed because the Reichstag failed to perform its crucial function . Congress , in the current crisis setting , should be in continuous session . Ultimately , though , our system rests on the individual ; it is the people's job ...
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 Rossiter No preview available - 2017 |
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