The American presidency: an intellectual history

Part one: Roots. The great legal commentators

Political philosophers

The lessons of history

The colonial experience

The revolutionary experience

Part two: Establishment. The convention

Ratification

The Washington administration

The Jeffersonians

Part three: Evolution. The president and the law

President and administration

President and Congress: Legislation

President and Congress: Foreign affairs

Images and elections, myths and symbols

Afterthoughts.