{"product_id":"take-up-your-pen-9780812245110","title":"Take Up Your Pen","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGraham G. Dodds explores the constitutional and historical development of unilateral presidential directives-the ability of presidents to bypass the legislative process and set public policy via their own executive orders-and how such a practice fits Americans' conception of democracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Beautifully written and utterly transparent, \u003ci\u003eTake Up Your Pen\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates a vitally important aspect of presidential power-namely, the capacity of presidents to bypass the legislative process and set public policy via their own executive orders. These powers have been exercised since the very beginning of the nation's history, but as Dodds shows us, they have recently gained new urgency.\" * William G. Howell, University of Chicago *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1. Unilateral Directives and the Presidency\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. The Constitutional Executive\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Judicial Sanction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Early Unilateral Presidential Directives\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Theodore Roosevelt and the Rise of Unilateral Presidential Directives\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Unilateral Presidential Directives from Roosevelt to Roosevelt: Taft through\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. Unilateral Presidential Directives from the Postwar Era to the Present Day\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405721837911,"sku":"9780812245110","price":62.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812245110.jpg?v=1730493389","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/take-up-your-pen-9780812245110","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}