Reclaiming Accountability - Transparency, Executive Power, and the U.s. Constitution

Americans tend to believe in government that is transparent and accountable. The author traces presidentialism from its start as part of a decades-old legal movement through its appearance during the Bush and Obama administrations, demonstrating its effects on secrecy throughout.

About the author

Heidi Kitrosser is professor of law at the University of Minnesota.

Summary

Americans tend to believe in government that is transparent and accountable. The author traces presidentialism from its start as part of a decades-old legal movement through its appearance during the Bush and Obama administrations, demonstrating its effects on secrecy throughout.

Product details

• Authors: Heidi Kitrosser, Kitrosser Heidi
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.01.2015
• EAN: 9780226191638
• ISBN: 978-0-226-19163-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; USA, LAW / Constitutional, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch, United States of America, USA, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general