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Page xi
... democratic , constitutional state is essentially designed to function under normal , peaceful conditions , and is often unequal to the exigencies of a great national crisis . Therefore , in time of crisis a democratic , constitutional ...
... democratic , constitutional state is essentially designed to function under normal , peaceful conditions , and is often unequal to the exigencies of a great national crisis . Therefore , in time of crisis a democratic , constitutional ...
Page xii
... democracy against the dangers inherent in the dynamite . The primary danger inherent in a constitutional ... democratic ways . " After all , the goal is " not survival alone but survival as a free people . " We do not mean to ...
... democracy against the dangers inherent in the dynamite . The primary danger inherent in a constitutional ... democratic ways . " After all , the goal is " not survival alone but survival as a free people . " We do not mean to ...
Page xvi
... democracy is our most basic political and social tradition . " The president , of course , in a constitutional dictatorship , is the dictator and his actions are aimed at making it more effective . Rossiter suggests the charac- ter of ...
... democracy is our most basic political and social tradition . " The president , of course , in a constitutional dictatorship , is the dictator and his actions are aimed at making it more effective . Rossiter suggests the charac- ter of ...
Page xvii
... democracy . It is exactly because I cherish our Western style of democracy that I think we must be more knowledgeable and tough - minded about this recurring phe- nomenon of constitutional government called , for want of a milder and ...
... democracy . It is exactly because I cherish our Western style of democracy that I think we must be more knowledgeable and tough - minded about this recurring phe- nomenon of constitutional government called , for want of a milder and ...
Page xviii
... democracy — the only kind of democracy so far as we are concerned — may depend , therefore , to a large extent on the skill , courage , and devotion with which our future Lincolns and Churchills make use of autocratic powers and ...
... democracy — the only kind of democracy so far as we are concerned — may depend , therefore , to a large extent on the skill , courage , and devotion with which our future Lincolns and Churchills make use of autocratic powers and ...
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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