Executive and public law power and accountability in comparative perspective

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The struggle to delimit executive power in Britain / Adam Tomkins -- The ambivalence of executive power in Canada / Lorne Sossin -- Continuity and flexibility : executive power in Australia / Simon Evans -- New public management New Zealand style / Janet McLean -- Taming the most dangerous branch : the scope and accountability of executive power in the United States / Ernest A. Young -- The domesticated executive of Scotland / Chris Himsworth -- Executive power in France / Denis Baranger -- The growth of the Italian executive / Giacinto della Cananea -- The scope and accountability of executive power in Germany / Eberhard Schmidt-Assmann and Christoph Möllers -- The executive and the law in Spain / Daniel Sarmiento -- The locus and accountability of the executive in the European Union / Paul Craig.