Constitutional DictatorshipTransaction Publishers - 322 pages |
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Page xii
... particular institutions of constitutional dicta- torship are , in Rossiter's phrase , " political and social dynamite . " The question " of first importance , " of course , is to secure the democracy against the dangers inherent in the ...
... particular institutions of constitutional dicta- torship are , in Rossiter's phrase , " political and social dynamite . " The question " of first importance , " of course , is to secure the democracy against the dangers inherent in the ...
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... particular crisis . Certain it is that no normal institutions ought to be declared unsuited to crisis conditions unless the unsuitabil- ity be painfully evident . The measures adopted in the prosecution of a constitutional dictator ...
... particular crisis . Certain it is that no normal institutions ought to be declared unsuited to crisis conditions unless the unsuitabil- ity be painfully evident . The measures adopted in the prosecution of a constitutional dictator ...
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... particular crisis . And the narrow duty to be pursued by this strong government , this constitutional dictator- ship ? Simply this and nothing more : to end the crisis and restore normal times . The government assumes no power and ...
... particular crisis . And the narrow duty to be pursued by this strong government , this constitutional dictator- ship ? Simply this and nothing more : to end the crisis and restore normal times . The government assumes no power and ...
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... particular crisis , or it may be permanent , to be exercised by the executive in the event of some future crisis . Permanent delegations for emergency purposes have in modern times been cast in the form of statutes enacted by the ...
... particular crisis , or it may be permanent , to be exercised by the executive in the event of some future crisis . Permanent delegations for emergency purposes have in modern times been cast in the form of statutes enacted by the ...
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... particular institutions of constitutional dictatorship are political and social dynamite . No democ- racy ever went through a period of thoroughgoing constitutional dicta- torship without some permanent and often unfavorable alteration ...
... particular institutions of constitutional dictatorship are political and social dynamite . No democ- racy ever went through a period of thoroughgoing constitutional dicta- torship without some permanent and often unfavorable alteration ...
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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