Explores the executive branch and executive powers in Western democracies in a comparative perspective and contends that they have been handling a virtually impossible task
Offers a distinct model of the executive branch based on a general argument from political philosophy and constitutional theory which prioritizes dispersal of power and recognizes the existence of internal tensions under which games of power are played
Argues that the tension between dominance and submission is maintained by the adoption of various forms of fuzziness, under which a guise of legality masks the absence of the substantive limitation of power
Provides detailed analysis of the ways law enables executives to formally act under the law without being substantively limited by it
