Peter M. Shane
Peter M. Shane | |
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| Born | 1952 (age 71–72) |
| Nationality | cyberdemocracy |
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Peter Milo Shane (born 1952) is a law professor and writer. His best-known scholarly work focuses mainly on two subjects. The first is separation of powers law, especially law and the presidency. His work often explores what he calls an institutional conception of the
Checks and balances
in such a system likewise "depend on an assemblage of norms, cooperative arrangements, and informal coordination activities." Id. Following political scientist Kenneth Shepsle, Shane thus calls the rule of law "an unstructured institution." Id. at 117.
Shane's second major focus is
cyberdemocracy. He is particularly interested in the potential of online government initiatives to engage the public more fully in actual policy making.[3] He is a prominent member of the "cyberrealist school," which rejects technological determinism of both the utopian and dystopian kind. He argues that the democratic potential of digital information technologies depends significantly on human agency, although he perceives the structures of power in society as limiting the impact of any specific initiative. See, e.g., Peter M. Shane, Democracy Online: The Prospects for Political Renewal Through the Internet (Routledge, 2004).[4]
Madison's Nightmare is the major synthesis of Shane's separation of powers views. It both describes and analyzes the theory and practice of "presidentialism" as they unfolded from 1981 to 2009. He describes the period of 1981 to 2009 as a time of aggressive presidentialism. Presidents
executive branch affairs. He illustrates many of his points through examples from the G. W. Bush administration, but argues that his analysis transcends party. His view is that, for presidents of either party, presidentialism can subvert the quality of decision making, policy makers' attentiveness to law, and democratic accountability more generally. [1]
Shane took his degrees at Harvard College and Yale Law School. He was dean of the
Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University, where he has taught since 2003. [2] He also served Executive Director of the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy. [3]
References
- ^ Shane, Peter M. (23 April 2004). "When Inter-Branch Norms Break Down: Of Arms-for-Hostages, 'Orderly Shutdowns,' Presidential Impeachments, and Judicial 'Coups'".
- ISBN 978-0226749396.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ISBN 0415948657.
External links
- Peter M. Shane bibliography at OSU
- Personal website
- Shane's articles at Huffington Post
- Peter M. Shane on X
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