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Constitutional Dictatorship - Crisis Government in the Modern Democracies (Paperback, Revised edition)
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Constitutional Dictatorship - Crisis Government in the Modern Democracies (Paperback, Revised edition)
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How should the United States be governed during times of crisis?
Definitely not as we are in times of tranquility, asserts this
classic study. The war on terrorism is a case in point. The horrors
of terror attacks on the United States have forced Americans to
accept legislative changes that might be unthinkable at other
times. The "inescapable truth," Clinton Rossiter wrote in his
classic study of modern democracies in crisis, is that "No form of
government can survive that excludes dictatorship when the life of
the nation is at stake." In an insightful introduction, William
Quirk places Rossiter's work in the context of the new century and
the current war on terrorism. "Constitutional Dictatorship"
examines the experiences with emergency government of four large
modern democracies-the United States, Great Britain, France, and
the German Republic of 1919-1933-to see what unusual powers and
procedures these constitutional states employed in their various
periods of national trial. Rossiter's concept of a "constitutional
dictatorship" may be more shocking today than when he wrote the
book. Based on a thoroughgoing study of the use of emergency powers
in modern democracies, he determined that the facts of history
demonstrate that there are occasions when constitutional
dictatorship has served as an indispensable factor in maintaining
constitutional democracy. Supreme Court doctrine does not recognize
any implied presidential power to suspend the Constitution.
However, Rossiter believes this view to be inaccurate. He defends
his view through analysis of presidential action during the Civil
War, World I, the Depression, and World War II, arguing that when
the normal rules are not sufficient other rules take hold. Rossiter
proposed specific criteria by which to judge the worth and
propriety of any resort to constitutional dictatorship. He provides
a clear roadmap for both citizen and Congress to judge an
executive's actions. In his introduction, Quirk notes that
Rossiter's concept-the rapid return to normal government when the
crisis is concluded-rests on a premise that appears to be missing
today. This volume will be essential reading for those interested
in politics, constitutional law, and American history.
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