Accountability, Impeachment and the Constitution

The Case for a Modernised Process in the United Kingdom
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-032-21581-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 254 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 552 g

Reihe: Routledge Frontiers in Accountability Studies

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 United Kingdom, which today is widely regarded as having fallen into desuetude and its procedures inappropriate for modern conditions. It discusses how impeachment operates in two countries, the United States and Denmark, selected respectively for their marked differences from and similarities to the United Kingdom’s political and constitutional system, for the purposes of illumination and possible lessons for a new impeachment process. The book seeks to provide a balanced and independent examination of the case for this, concluding that it would have a valuable role to play in the future development of the United Kingdom’s system of politics and government. It concludes by setting out a detailed model for the structure, working and effect of impeachment.

The book will be of interest to students, academics and policy-makers working in the areas of constitutional law and politics.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Monaghan, Chris

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Allgemeines Verfahrens-, Zivilprozess- und Insolvenzrecht Allgemeines Prozessrecht, Kostenrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Staats- und Regierungsformen, Staatslehre

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Chris Monaghan is a principal lecturer in law at the University of Worcester and holds a PhD from the Dickson Poon School of Law at King’s College London. He has published widely on aspects of public law.