Chris Monaghan (UK University of Worcester)

Accountability, Impeachment and the Constitution

The Case for a Modernised Process in the United Kingdom

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Produktbeschreibung

This book sets out and explores the case for a modernised impeachment process for the United Kingdom. The work examines the present law and history of impeachment in the UK. The book will be of interest to students, academics and policy-makers working in the areas of Constitutional Law and Politics.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Frontiers in Accountability Studies
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781032215846
• ISBN-10: 1032215844
• Artikelnr.: 69793561

Autorenporträt

Chris Monaghan is Principal Lecturer in Law at the University of Worcester, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of cases
Table of primary legislation
Preface
1 Introduction
PART ONE
Foundations and use of impeachment
2 The history and politics of impeachment
3 Comparative case study I: United States
4 Comparative case study II: Denmark
PART TWO
UK Constitution and accountability
5 Executive accountability in the United Kingdom
6 The existing political accountability mechanisms
PART THREE
A case for impeachment
7 A justification for a possible role for impeachment within the UK system
8 Reinvigorating impeachment
Contents
9 Re-engineering the British Constitution
Bibliography
Index