Accountability in the contemporary constitution / edited by Nicholas Bamforth and Peter Leyland.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bamforth, Nicholas, editor.

Leyland, Peter (Lecturer in law), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--Social aspects.

Constitutional law.

Government accountability.

Responsibility--Social aspects.

Responsibility.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (904 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Accountability is regarded as a central feature of modern constitutionalism. At a general level, this prominence is perhaps unsurprising, given the long history of the idea. However, in many constitutional democracies, including the UK and the USA, it has acquired a particular resonance in contemporary circumstances with the declining power of social deference, the expanding reach of populist accountability mechanisms, and the increasing willingness of citizens to find mechanismsfor challenging official decision-making. These essays, by public law scholars, seek to explore how ideas of and mec

Contents:

Introduction. Accountability in the contemporary constitution / Nicholas Bamforth and Peter Leyland

The spirits of the constitution / John Allison

Judicial accountability in comparative perspective / Mark Tushnet

Accountability to law / T.R.S. Allan

Adjudication as accountability : a deliberative approach / Sandra Fredman

The instrumental value of legal accountability / Jeff King

Accountability, human rights adjudication and the Human Rights Act / Alison Young

Accountability and judicial review in the UK and EU : central precepts / Paul Craig

Parliamentary accountability and the judicial system / Andrew Le Sueur

Ombudsmen, tribunals, inquiries : re-fashioning accountability beyond the courts / Mark Elliott

Accountability of and to the legislature / Nicholas Bamforth

Accountability and the foundations of British democracy

the public interest and public service principles / Dawn Oliver

Multi-layered constitutional accountability and the refinancing of territorial governance in the UK / Peter Leyland

Beyond new public management : problems of accountability in the modern administrative state / Anne Davies

Regulatory accountability : capacities, challenges, and prospects / Julia Black

Legal accountability and social justice / Colm O'Cinneide.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-164895-7

0-19-174941-9

0-19-164894-9

OCLC:

875227515