Foreign Affairs: Presidential Initiative and Congressional Control

Authors

David P. Currie, University of Chicago

Abstract

Jefferson Powell is one of our foremost scholars of constitutional history. He is particularly adept at bringing extrajudicial sources to bear on constitutional issues. Owing perhaps in part to his extensive service in the Department of Justice, he has a special facility for the use of executive materials; he is surely our leading academic expert on executive interpretation of the Constitution. In his latest book Professor Powell applies his enviable skills to the recurring, fundamental, and controversial question of the division of authority between the President and Congress in the realm of foreign affairs. As is always the case when he puts the modern equivalent of pencil to paper, we are much the richer for his having done so.

Recommended Citation

David P. Currie, Foreign Affairs: Presidential Initiative and Congressional Control, 101 Mich. L. Rev. 1453 (2003).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol101/iss6/4