1st Edition

Public Accountability and Constitutional Law

274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

This book analyses the public accountability of political actors in contemporary democratic states. Accountability as understood here is a necessary condition of democracy: delegation of power with transparency and supervision over those who are chosen to exercise the power of the state. The authors identify paths of executing accountability in the electoral process, as well as in traditional... Read more

1. Accountability in constitutional law – assumptions and meaning;  2. On the illusory nature of political representation and the illusion of its accountability;  3. Regulatory impact assessment ex post as an accountability instrument: Why does it fail to work?;  4. Parliamentary scrutiny: Toolbox of institutional accountability of government;  5. Judicial accountability - where to look for it and why is it not there?;  6. Non-state actors in the constitutional framework: Political impact without public accountability;  Conclusions

Biography

Anna Młynarska-Sobaczewska is a lawyer and a professor in the Department of Constitutional Law and European Research at the Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences. She has been a visiting scholar in law schools in the United States, Italy, Germany, Vietnam (Hanoi) and Spain.

Jacek Zaleśny is a lawyer, political scientist and associate professor in the Department of Political Systems of the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland. His research interests include the political systems of contemporary states, the law-making process and institutions of legal protection.