Comparative Executive Power in Europe

This book provides an up-to-date interdisciplinary assessment of the accountability of executive power in different European States and at the European Union level. From a legal perspective, it wonders to what extent the forms of responsibility and accountability of executive power have evolved in terms of legal technique or framework. From a historical perspective, it looks at the evolution of responsibility paradigms. From a political science perspective, it examines responsibility and the expectations of European democracies in terms of authority and efficiency. The volume also has a quantitative aspect identifying, gathering and analysing statistical material on responsibility and accountability in current political regimes. The book will be a valuable resource for researchers, academics, and policy-makers in constitutional law and politics, public law, comparative law, comparative politics, legal history and government.

Marcel Morabito is Professor Emeritus of Legal History at Sciences Po, Paris. Guillaume Tusseau is Professor of Public Law at Sciences Po Law School, Paris, and a member of the Institut Universitaire de France.

Introduction (Marcel Morabito) 1. Belgium (Marc Verdussen) 2. France (Chloë Geynet-Dussauze and Priscilla Jensel-Monge) 3. Germany (Yoan Vilain) 4. Greece (Antonis Pantelis) 5. Hungary (Peter Kruzslicz) 6. Italy (Maurizia De Bellis) 7. The Netherlands (Leonard F.M. Besselink) 8. Poland (Krzysztof Wojtyczek) 9. Portugal (Rui Lanceiro) 10. Romania (Elena Simina Tanasescu) 11. Scandinavia (Eivind Smith) 12. Spain (María Ruiz Dorado) 13. Switzerland (Thierry Tanquerel) 14. The United Kingdom (Paul Daly) Conclusions: The Forms of Responsibility of the Executive (Ariane Vidal-Naquet) A Culture of Constitutional Cultures (Guillaume Tusseau)