European agencies : law and practices of accountability /

European agencies have been created at a rapid pace in recent years in a multitude of diverse fields from pharmaceuticals to financial supervision. This book examines how the accountability system of these agencies operates formally and in practice studying the legal provisions in place and their de...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Busuioc, Madalina
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Series:	Oxford studies in European law.
Subjects:	Administrative agencies > European Union countries. Liability (Law) > European Union countries. Administration publique > Pays de l'Union européenne. Responsabilité (Droit) > Pays de l'Union européenne. LAW > Constitutional. LAW > Public. Administrative agencies Liability (Law) European Union countries Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

In search of agency accountability
Introducing European agencies
Accountability : from elusive 'buzzword' to clear-cut concept
Methodology : behind the research scenes
Accountability vis-à-vis the management boards : too much board, too little monitoring
Political accountability : at arm's length, yet under scrutinizing eyes?
Financial accountability : more than just number crunching
Judicial accountability : life within legality
Extra-judicial accountability : the European Ombudsman and 'life beyond legality'
Agency accountability : between deficits and overloads.