The executive and public law : power and accountability in comparative perspective / edited by Paul Craig and Adam Tomkins.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Executive power.

1. The struggle to delimit executive power in Britain / Adam Tomkins

2. The ambivalence of executive power in Canada / Lorne Sossin

3. Continuity and flexibility: executive power in Australia / Simon Evans

4. New public management New Zealand style / Janet McLean

5. Taming the most dangerous branch: the scope and accountability of executive power in the United States / Ernest A. Young

6. The domesticated executive of Scotland / Chris Himsworth

7. Executive power in France / Denis Baranger

8. The growth of the Italian executive / Giacinto della Cananea

9. The scope and accountability of executive power in Germany / Eberhard Schmidt-Aßmann and Christoph Möllers

10. The executive and law in Spain / Daniel Sarmiento

11. The locus and accountability of the executive in the European Union / Paul Craig.

The book reviews the place of the executive in legal and political frameworks in various common law and European countries. It considers both descriptive and normative questions pertaining to the scope, limits, and definition of executive authority, and the best means for ensuring executive accountability.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780199285594

xxi, 355 p. ; 25 cm