Part one: Roots. The great legal commentators -- Political philosophers -- The lessons of history -- The colonial experience -- The revolutionary experience -- Part two: Establishment. The convention -- Ratification -- The Washington administration -- The Jeffersonians -- Part three: Evolution. The president and the law -- President and administration -- President and Congress: Legislation -- President and Congress: Foreign affairs -- Images and elections, myths and symbols -- Afterthoughts.
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