California Law Review · 1996 · 66 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesInternational RelationsPolitical ScienceDiplomacyInternational Political TheoryWar StudiesHistory Of Political TheoryInterwar PeriodPolitical PowerWar PowersWar RhetoricWar TheoryMilitary PoliticsPresidential War PowersRationalist Explanation Of WarWar Making PowersWar Powers BargainingWar Powers Under International Law
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