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Ministers and Parliament

By Diana Woodhouse

Ministers and Parliament Law

Ministers and Parliament

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In constitutional theory, the convention of individual ministerial responsibility ensures the accountability of ministers to Parliament. In practice it is frequently used by government to limit rather than facilitate accountability. In this book Diana Woodhouse examines the divergence between theory and practice. She analyzes the situations in which ministers resign, the effectiveness of resignation as a means of accountability, and the abdication by ministers of responsibility. She includes detailed case studies of the resignations, actual and threatened, of Lord Carrington, Leon Brittan, Edwina Currie, David Mellor, James Prior, and Kenneth Baker that make this book especially pertinent to our understanding of the current political scene and to recent institutional changes within Parliament and government. By highlighting the present deficiencies and possible future failing in public accountability Woodhouse's study provides an essential complement to recent debates about constitutional reform.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
332
Release Date:
1994-04-07
Publication Date:
1994-02-03
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0198278926
ISBN13:
9780198278924
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
601 g
Height:
145 cm
Width:
222 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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