The New Fourth Branch

Institutions for Protecting Constitutional Democracy

AvMark Tushnet

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

Twenty-first-century constitutions now typically include a new 'fourth branch' of government, a group of institutions charged with protecting constitutional democracy, including electoral management bodies, anticorruption agencies, and ombuds offices. This book offers the first general theory of the fourth branch; in a world where governance is exercised through political parties, we cannot be confident that the traditional three branches are enough to preserve constitutional democracy. The fourth branch institutions can, by concentrating within themselves distinctive forms of expertise, deploy that expertise more effectively than the traditional branches are capable of doing. However, several case studies of anticorruption efforts, electoral management bodies, and audit bureaus show that the fourth branch institutions do not always succeed in protecting constitutional democracy, and indeed sometimes undermine it. The book concludes with some cautionary notes about placing too much hope in these - or, indeed, in any - institutions as the guarantors of constitutional democracy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-09-02
Mått:154 x 228 x 11 mm
Vikt:300 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
Antal sidor:198
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781009048491

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Mark Tushnet is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law Emeritus at Harvard Law School. He clerked for Justice Thurgood Marshall before beginning his teaching career. He has written more than a dozen books, including Weak Courts, Strong Rights: Judicial Review and Social Welfare Rights in Comparative Constitutional Law (2008) and Advanced Introduction to Comparative Constitutional Law (2014). He was President of the Association of American Law Schools in 2003, and in 2002 was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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'In an age when integrity and democracy are under unprecedented pressure, Mark Tushnet's description of emerging constitutional 'best practice' worldwide – systematic, realistic, and unemotional – helps to launch a new debate on whether, and how, the civic virtues that underpin good governance might be better institutionalized for all.' A. J. Brown, Professor of Public Policy & Law, Griffith University; Board Member, Transparency International

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction; 2. Why a fourth branch – the structural logic; 3. Why a fourth branch – the functional logic; 4. Design issues in general; 5. Design principles in practice – a survey; 6. Anticorruption investigations – case studies from Brazil and South Africa; 7. Electoral commissions – case studies from India, the United States, and South Korea; 8. Audit agencies; 9. Conclusion.