Accountability in the Contemporary Constitution

by Peter Leyland and Nicholas Bamforth

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199670021
• ISBN13: 9780199670024
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 426 Pages
• Weight: 1.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.5"