Presidential power and the Constitution : [electronic resource] essays / by Edward S. Corwin ; edited with an introd. by Richard Loss.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The basis of limited constitutional government: The natural law and constitutional law (1950) -- 2. Wilson and "Precedents for presidential dictatorship": War, the constitution moulder (1917) -- Wilson and the Senate (1919) -- Woodrow Wilson and the presidency (1956) -- 3. Roosevelt and constitutional revolution: Some probable repercussions of "Nira" and our constitutional system (1934) -- President and court: a crucial issue (1937) -- The president as administrative chief (1939) -- The war and the Constitution: president and Congress (1943) -- 4. Truman and presidential prerogative: The steel seizure case: a judicial brick without straw (1953) -- The president's power (1951) -- 5. After the constitutional revolution: The dissolving structure of our constitutional law (1945) -- Our constitutional revolution and how to round it out (1948).