{"product_id":"advising-the-president-attorney-general-robert-h-jackson-and-franklin-d-roosevelt-hardback-9780700627080","title":"Advising the President; Attorney General Robert H. Jackson and Franklin D. Roosevelt (Hardback) 9780700627080","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAdvising the President\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAttorney General Robert H. Jackson and Franklin D. Roosevelt\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam R. Casto (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780700627080\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 October 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.3 x 16 x 2 cm, 0.485 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJustice Robert H. Jackson was one of the Supreme Court’s most gifted writers and a longtime intimate advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Professor Casto nicely illuminates their relationship and Jackson’s legal and political thought.\"\" - David M. O'Brien, author of \u003ci\u003eJustice Robert H. Jackson’s Unpublished Opinion in\u003c\/i\u003e Brown v. Board\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"Robert Jackson served with distinction as solicitor general, attorney general, and associate justice of the Supreme Court. His concurring opinion in the Youngstown \u003ci\u003eSteel Seizure Case\u003c\/i\u003e of 1952 remains a landmark. W. R. Casto adeptly explores in detail Jackson’s nuanced and evolving understanding of a president’s constitutional powers. This is an important book. It not only explains and assesses Jackson’s views, it also helps us gain insight on enduring constitutional issues that remain relevant today.\"\" - John P. Burke, John G. McCullough Professor of Political Science, University of Vermont\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePresident George W. Bush authorized the use of torture. President Barack Obama directed the extrajudicial killing of an American citizen in Yemen. What President Donald Trump will do remains to be seen, but it is broadly understood that a president might test the limits of the law in extraordinary circumstances—and does so with advice from legal counsel. \u003ci\u003eAdvising the President\u003c\/i\u003e is an exploration of this process, viewed through the experience of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Robert H. Jackson on the eve of World War II. The book directly and honestly grapples with the ethical problems inherent in advising a president on actions of doubtful legality; eschewing partisan politics, it presents a practical, realistic model for rendering—and judging the propriety of—such advice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJackson, who would go on to be the chief US prosecutor at the Nuremberg war crimes trials, was the US solicitor general from 1938–1940, US attorney general from 1940–1941, and Supreme Court justice from 1941–1954. William R. Casto uses his skill and insight as a legal historian to examine the legal arguments advanced by Roosevelt for controversial wartime policies such as illegal wiretapping and unlawful assistance to Great Britain, all of which were related to important issues of national security. Putting these episodes in political and legal context, Casto makes clear distinctions between what the adviser tells the president and what he tells others, including the public, and between advising the president and subsequently facilitating the president’s decision.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased upon the real-life experiences of a great attorney general advising a great president, Casto’s timely work presents a pragmatic yet ethically powerful approach to giving legal counsel to a president faced with momentous, controversial decisions.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University Press of Kansas","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530995462424,"sku":"9780700627080","price":36.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/advising-the-president-attorney-general-robert-h-jackson-and-franklin-d-roosevelt-hardback-9780700627080","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}