The executive and public law : power and accountability in comparative perspective /

This book examines executive power in the United Kingdom from a British and from a distinctively Scottish perspective. There are chapters on the four common law jurisdictions of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States and on the four civil law jurisdictions of France, Germany, Italy and...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Craig, Paul, 1951-, Tomkins, Adam
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:	Executive power. Pouvoir exécutif. 86.50 constitutional law: general. Executive power Legislation. European Union. Common law countries. EU countries. Public law. Accountability. Executive government Constitution s. 61 Accountability Comparative government Case studies Cases (Law) Australia overseas comparisons Electronic books. Comparative law (form)
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

The struggle to delimit executive power in Britain / Adam Tomkins
The ambivalence of executive power in Canada / Lorne Sossin
Continuity and flexibility : executive power in Australia / Simon Evans
New public management New Zealand style / Janet McLean
Taming the most dangerous branch : the scope and accountability of executive power in the United States / Ernest A. Young
The domesticated executive of Scotland / Chris Himsworth
Executive power in France / Denis Baranger
The growth of the Italian executive / Giacinto della Cananea
The scope and accountability of executive power in Germany / Eberhard Schmidt-Assmann and Christoph Möllers
The executive and the law in Spain / Daniel Sarmiento
The locus and accountability of the executive in the European Union / Paul Craig.