{"product_id":"permanent-state-of-emergency-9780773549197","title":"Permanent State of Emergency","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn objective and unflinching analysis of the destruction of America’s constitutional order and the creation of an elective dictatorship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\" Every American schoolchild is taught that we live in a nation of laws. No one, not even the president, is above the law. As Ryan Alford documents with devastating clarity, successive presidential administrations have made a mockery of this ideal. The US experiment is in danger of degenerating into a democracy in name only, in which an out-of-control executive branch operates with impunity under a veneer of rubber-stamp checks and balances. Thanks to Alford's important work, no one can claim we weren't warned.\" Ted Rall, cartoonist and author of Trump: A Graphic Biography \" Permanent State of Emergency is a timely and important book - it is difficult to find a volume that combines a focus on the critical idea of the rule of law with discussion of the contemporary problem of executive power, and otherwise impossible to find one that firmly roots its discussion in the history of the American executive.\" Paul Gowder, author of The Rule of Law in the Real World \" Permanent State of Emergency offers a compelling historical and theoretical analysis of executive power from a unique perspective. In light of President Trump, the argument of the book has only become more pressing and urgent, making this an indispensabl","brand":"McGill-Queen's University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404899066199,"sku":"9780773549197","price":26.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780773549197.jpg?v=1730487983","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/permanent-state-of-emergency-9780773549197","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}