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Title The U.S. Constitution and the power to go to war : historical and current perspectives / edited by Gary M. Stern and Morton H. Halperin, prepared under the auspices of the Center for National Security Studies
Published Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994

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Description vi, 199 pages ; 25 cm
Series Contributions in military studies, 0883-6884 ; no. 150
Contributions in military studies. 0883-6884 ; no. 150
Contents Introduction / Gary M. Stern and Morton H. Halperin -- 1. Historical Survey of the War Powers and the Use of Force / Louis Fisher -- 2. Constitutional Constraints: The War Clause / Peter Raven-Hansen -- 3. Statutory Constraints: The War Powers Resolution / Ellen C. Collier -- 4. Treaty Constraints: The United Nations Charter and War Powers / Jane E. Stromseth -- 5. International Law Constraints / Jules Lobel -- 6. Judicial Constraints: The Courts and War Powers / Harold Hongju Koh -- 7. Constraints on "Covert" Paramilitary Action / Gregory F. Treverton -- 8. "Covert" Paramilitary Action and War Powers / Gary M. Stern and Morton H. Halperin -- 9. Emergency War Powers / John Norton Moore -- 10. Common Ground / Gary M. Stern and Morton H. Halperin
Analysis Constitutional law
United States
Notes "The chapters in this book were originally commissioned for the September 18-19, 1992 CNSS conference on Constitutional Government and Military Intervention after the Cold War, held at and cosponsored by the Georgetown University Law Center"--Acknowledgements
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-189) and index
Subject United States. Congress -- Powers and duties -- History -- Congresses.
Constitutional history -- United States -- Congresses.
Executive power -- United States -- History -- Congresses.
War and emergency powers -- United States -- History -- Congresses.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Halperin, Morton H.
Stern, Gary M.
Center for National Security Studies (Washington, D.C.)
Georgetown University. Law Center.
LC no. 93015840
ISBN 0313289581