Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Overview -- PART ONE HISTORY AND THEORY -- Chapter 1 Reinventing Accountability -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Ministerial Responsibility and the Theory of the British State: History, Permanence and Significance -- 1.3 Defining Accountability and Responsibility -- 1.4 Evolving Mechanisms of Accountability within the British Westminster Model -- 1.5 Conclusion -- PART TWO ACCOUNTABILITY MODELS AND CASE STUDY ANALYSIS
Chapter 2 Parliamentary Accountability: Demoralised or Revitalised?2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Origins of the Convention of Ministerial Responsibility -- 2.3 The Distinction between â#x80;#x98;Ministerial Accountability' and â#x80;#x98;Ministerial Responsibilityâ#x80;#x99; -- 2.4 Parliament and the â#x80;#x98;Next Stepsâ#x80;#x99; Reforms of the Civil Service -- 2.5 The Crown Prerogative and the Absence of Law -- 2.6 Parliament and Politics -- 2.7 The Codification of Convention -- 2.8 Select Committees -- 2.9 Parliamentary Questions -- 2.10 Conclusion
Chapter 3 Parliamentary Accountability and the Home Office3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Parliamentary Questions -- 3.3 Select Committees -- 3.4 Party Accountability -- 3.5 Conclusion: Withering Parliamentary Accountability? -- Chapter 4 Judicial Accountability -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Constitutional, Historical and Theoretical Background -- 4.2.1 The Rule of Law and the Separation of Powers -- 4.2.2 Bureaucratic Reform and the Law -- 4.2.3 The Breakdown of the Relationship -- 4.2.4 The Judicial Protection of Fundamental Rights
4.2.5 Towards Formal Legal Regulation of Ministerial Action4.3 Judicial Accountability and Central Government -- 4.3.1 Judicial Review -- 4.3.2 New Horizons? Judicial Accountability and Europe -- 4.3.3 Judicial Inquiries and Accountability -- 4.4 The Abdication of Responsibility Through Legal Advice -- 4.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Judicial Accountability in the Home Office -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Judicial Review as a Mechanism of Accountable Government in the Home Office -- 5.3 Judicial Inquiries in the Home Office
5.4 The Home Office and the European Convention on Human Rights5.5 The Abdication of Ministerial Responsibility Through Legal Advice -- 5.6 Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Managerial Accountability and the Contract State -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Background to Managerialism -- 6.3 Managerialism -- 6.4 Accountability and Tensions in the Managerial Model -- 6.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 7 Managerial Accountability and the Home Office -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The Problems of Clarifying and Maintaining the Minister/Agency Distinction
Notes
"First published 2001 by Ashgate Publishing."--Title page verso
