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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"This is a book about the definition of executive power and the ways in which it can be rendered accountable. Such power is especially important in the modern day, as exemplified by the detention of prisoners in Guantanomo Bay. The book explores the nature of executive power in a number ofdifferent legal systems, Britain, Scotland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the EU and seeks to draw lessons and insights from the comparative perspective."--Publisher description.

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