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Third Edition, Revised
A classic and bestselling work by one of America’s top Constitutional scholars, Presidential War Power garnered the lead review in the New York Time...
Unconstitutional Leanings
In the fourth of the Federalist Papers, published in 1787, John Jay warned of absolute monarchs who "will often make war when their nations are to get...
Constitutional Aspirations and Executive Actions
On the campaign trail, Barack Obama spoke often about his constitutional principles. In particular, he objected to George W. Bush's claim to certain "...
Presidential Power
The Law of the Executive Branch: Presidential Power places the law of the executive branch firmly in the context of constitutional language, framers' ...
Sixth Edition, Revised
Over three decades after its initial publication, Louis Fisher’s durable classic remains at the head of its class—a book that Congressional Quarte...
A Military Tribunal and American Law
"Louis Fisher chronicles the capture, trial, and punishment of the Nazi saboteurs in order to examine the extent to which procedural rights are suspen...
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Why the Supreme Court Is Not the Last Word on the Constitution
Federal judges, legal scholars, pundits, and reporters frequently describe the Supreme Court as the final word on the meaning of the Constitution. The...
Protecting Individual Rights
When asked which branch of government protects citizens’ rights, we tend to think of the Supreme Court—stepping in to defend gay rights, for examp...
Contains 1,011 articles by 335 contributors from all regions of the country, representing many disciplines and institutions, captures the origin, evol...
"For thirty years Fisher has observed, informed, and even influenced Congress from his position in the Congressional Research Service. As a scholar, h...
Congress and the Executive
As Congress and the president battle out the federal deficit, foreign involvements, health care, and other policies of grave national import, the unde...
The culmination of four decades of research and service on behalf of Congress, Louis Fisher's latest work is a fitting capstone to a remarkable career...
An Introduction to Discrete Mathematics
Interpretation as Political Process
Who makes constitutional law? Is constitutional doctrine the monopoly of the courts? In accessible and persuasive prose Louis Fisher explains that con...
Aims to identify some of the legal and practical implications of treating the terrorist acts as war crimes and of applying the law of war rather than ...
This report describes the procedures used by the World War II military tribunal to try the eight Germans, the habeas corpus petition to the Supreme Co...
Political Safeguards
It is often assumed that the judiciary—especially the Supreme Court—provides the best protection of our religious freedom. Louis Fisher, however, ...
Without Illusion and Idolatry
"On the Supreme Court" places the Supreme Court in a rich historical and political context, demonstrating how its interpretations of statutes and the ...
Recurring Threats to America's Freedoms
"The Constitution and 9/11 provides a comprehensive, striking, and disturbing analysis of executive misuse of power that is made all the more compelli...
Each year billions of dollars are diverted by the President and his assistants from the purposes for which Congress intended them. Billions more are u...
Constitutional law is clearly shaped by judicial actors. But who else contributes? Scholars in the past have recognized that the legislative branch pl...
A Study of Unvouchered Accounts
Unchecked Presidential Power and the Reynolds Case
"In light of the Bush administration's continued use of Reynolds to justify its post-9/11 claims to unilateral authority, Fisher's work could not be m...
The People's Branch (On Politics)
This book explains why Congress is the indispensable institution for safeguarding popular, democratic, and constitutional government. Even though its ...
The only book that develops constitutional law in the comprehensive sense, American Constitutional Law not only contains the results of court decision...
Historical Patterns and Lessons
After the terrorist operations of September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush authorized the creation of military tribunals to try individuals who of...
American Revolution to the War on Terrorism
"Shows that the breadth of presidential power in time of war comes at the cost of legislative and judicial control--and that military tribunals repres...
A Compilation of Papers Prepared for the Commission on the Operation of the Senate
This course book contains 32 case studies that expose students to the interchange between the courts and the elected branches. Each case study begins ...
For over 200 years, Congress and the President have locked horns on an issue that will not, and cannot go away: legislative access to executive branch...
It is widely believed that religious liberty is mainly protected by the independent judiciary, especially for religious denominations that represent a...
Explores how the Court operates in relation to legislative action, as well as how it has defined the extent and limits of congressional power. Traces ...
This basic text for courses in American Constitutional law contains texts, readings, documents and cases. The author's intent has been to go beyond th...
A Public Policy Analysis
Analyzes U.S. district court rulings on the withholding of allocated funds for Federal programs for housing, highways, agriculture, water pollution co...
Congress, Terrorism, and the Fate of American Democracy
Following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, America's political institutions underwent radical changes as they adapted to comprehensive security reforms....
Constitutional structures, separated powers and federalism
Constitutional rights, civil rights and civil liberties