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The Continuation of Politics by Other Means: The Original Understanding of War Powers

Year: 1996

Type: article

Abstract: In recent years, legal commentators have sharply criticized executive initiative in the war-making process.This Article examines the historical and legal background of the war powers in the Anglo-American world of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.The author argues that the war powers framework created by the Framers differs sharply from that envisioned by modern

Source: California Law Review

DOI: 10.2307/3480925

Author: John C. Yoo

Institutions: Yale University, University of California, Berkeley

Language: English

Topic: American Constitutional Law and Politics

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4254158018

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Cites: 1

Cited by: 85

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