This book offers a theory that predicts when executives should turn to decree and when legislatures should accept this method of policy-making.

Provides the first comparative look into executive decree authority. It explains why presidents issue decrees and why checks and balances sometimes fail.

The book examines the way Russian presidents Yeltsin, Medvedev, and Putin have used their constitutional decree powers since the end of the Soviet regime. The R

The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions lo

Explores whether and how modern presidents use executive orders to establish policy unconstrained by the legislative process.