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Author Carolan, Eoin

Title The new separation of powers : a theory for the modern state
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 286 pages)
Summary This book offers a radical & provocative revision of the theory of separation of powers. It argues that, although designed to protect democracy, separation of powers is often used today to undermine it by concealing & centralising the exercise of power by public officials. The theory is then reinvented for the modern regulatory state
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Separation of powers.
Judicial independence.
Separation of powers -- Great Britain -- Case studies
Separation of powers -- Ireland -- Case studies
Separation of powers -- United States -- Case studies
Judicial independence
Separation of powers
Great Britain
Ireland
United States
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191721588
0191721581