The main focus of the volume is the contemporary UK constitution. Chapters are included which analyse the historical context (including the role of Dicey), common law constitutionalism, the constitutional role of Parliament, the constitutional role of the courts, judicial accountability, human rights ...
Beyond Accountability: Expectations for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of CambodiaHerman, Johanna
The centrality of the accountability debates in contemporary political and legal discourse is a product of the difficulty of balancing the autonomy given to those exercising public power with appropriate control. The traditional mechanisms of accountability to Parliament and to the courts are problematic ...
This chapter compares the accountability functions of courts in Zambia, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. These five countries share important characteristics that suggest a similar role for the courts; yet, the accountability functions of the
Current efforts at performance measurement in the state courts are described, situated in a global and historical context, using the framework of Pollitt and Bouckaert (2000). The structure of state courts in the US is described, with attention given to structural issues that affect implementation ...
goes on to address why judges in the two countries rarely have restrained the government in politically significant cases, identifying three sets of factors that may explain why the judges perform as they do: the legal culture; the institutional structure; and the social legitimacy of the courts....
The courts’ independence entails the irremovability,unaccountabilityandindependence of the judges, who are subject solely to law. daccess-ods.un.org daccess-ods.un.org 法院的独立性包括司法官的不可移调、无须负责及其独立性,法官只受法 律约束。
Elections and Government Accountability: Evidence from the Courts We investigate the influence of electoral rules and voter information in elections on voting outcomes and accountability of incumbent public officials, usi... Claire S H Lim,James M Snyder - 《Hippocampus》 被引量: 21发表: 2012年 Ac...
then turn to its application in the area of data protection law, and finally turn to European human rights law. In data protection law the principle of accountability is available to complement existing regulatory policies with the aim of making organisations more actively responsible for their infor...
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