Chris Monaghan is a Principal Lecturer in Law at the University of Worcester,UK.Matthew Flinders is Professor of Politics and Founding Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre at the University of Sheffield, UK.

‘This wide-ranging, interdisciplinary study of impeachment is essential readingfor scholars, citizens, and public officials alike. Now more than ever, it is vital to appreciate the promise and perils of the impeachment power, and to reckon with its proper role in constitutional democracy.’Joshua Matz, Partner, Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP; Impeachment Counsel to the House Judiciary Committee for the first (2019–20) and second (2021) Senate trial of President Trump`The two edited collections—particularly when read together—provide a seasoned scholar of impeachment or a recent entrant to this area with an impressive array of expert perspectives on the historical evolution of impeachment, its varied use and relevance in global constitutional contexts, as well as thought-provoking contributions on the benefits and risks that result from the use of impeachment in different constitutional and cultural contexts.'John Cotter, 'Impeachment: Contention, neglect, and ways forward’ (2025), International Journal of Constitutional Law, 4 December 2025. URL: https://academic.oup.com/icon/advance-article/doi/10.1093/icon/moaf058/8369051?login=trueMonaghan Matthew Flinders, eds. British Origins and American Practice of Impeachment. Routledge, 2024. Pp.310. ISBN: 9781032187259.Chris Monaghan Matthew Flinders Aziz Z. Huq, eds. Impeachment in a Global Context: Law, Politics, and Comparative Practice. Routledge, 2024. Pp.364. ISBN: 9781032187402.

• List of Contributors xiPreface xiiForeword xiv1 Impeachment Matters 1MATTHEW FLINDERS AND CHRIS MONAGHANPART 1British Origins 152 Impeachment during the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries and Its Abeyance in the Sixteenth Century 17CHRIS MONAGHAN3 Impeachment in Seventeenth-Century England 42MARK GOLDIE4 British Politics and Impeachment in the Eighteenth Century 64ROBIN EAGLES5 Edmund Burke, India and the Impeachment Trial of Warren Hastings 84MITHI MUKHERJEE6 The Nineteenth Century and Beyond: The Existence of the Threat of Impeachment 114CHRIS MONAGHAN7 ‘Impeachment’ in Irish Constitutional Law 132LAURA CAHILLANE AND TOM HICKEYPART 2American Practice 1558 Impeachment in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries in the Early United States 157JOHN R VILE9 Parallel Evolution: American Impeachment and the Two-Party System 180BRIAN C KALT10 Impeachment, Responsibility and Constitutional Failure: From Watergate to January 6 206JACK N RAKOVE11 The US Impeachment Process: Fit for Purpose in a Hyper-Partisan Era? 238CLODAGH HARRINGTON AND ALEX WADDANPART 3Evolutionary Dynamics 25912 The Renaissance of Impeachment: Political and Legal Accountability in the 21st Century 261DAN PLESCHIndex 271

Chris Monaghan is a Principal Lecturer in Law at the University of Worcester,UK.Matthew Flinders is Professor of Politics and Founding Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre at the University of Sheffield, UK.

‘This wide-ranging, interdisciplinary study of impeachment is essential readingfor scholars, citizens, and public officials alike. Now more than ever, it is vital to appreciate the promise and perils of the impeachment power, and to reckon with its proper role in constitutional democracy.’Joshua Matz, Partner, Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP; Impeachment Counsel to the House Judiciary Committee for the first (2019–20) and second (2021) Senate trial of President Trump`The two edited collections—particularly when read together—provide a seasoned scholar of impeachment or a recent entrant to this area with an impressive array of expert perspectives on the historical evolution of impeachment, its varied use and relevance in global constitutional contexts, as well as thought-provoking contributions on the benefits and risks that result from the use of impeachment in different constitutional and cultural contexts.'John Cotter, 'Impeachment: Contention, neglect, and ways forward’ (2025), International Journal of Constitutional Law, 4 December 2025. URL: https://academic.oup.com/icon/advance-article/doi/10.1093/icon/moaf058/8369051?login=trueMonaghan Matthew Flinders, eds. British Origins and American Practice of Impeachment. Routledge, 2024. Pp.310. ISBN: 9781032187259.Chris Monaghan Matthew Flinders Aziz Z. Huq, eds. Impeachment in a Global Context: Law, Politics, and Comparative Practice. Routledge, 2024. Pp.364. ISBN: 9781032187402.

• List of Contributors xiPreface xiiForeword xiv1 Impeachment Matters 1MATTHEW FLINDERS AND CHRIS MONAGHANPART 1British Origins 152 Impeachment during the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries and Its Abeyance in the Sixteenth Century 17CHRIS MONAGHAN3 Impeachment in Seventeenth-Century England 42MARK GOLDIE4 British Politics and Impeachment in the Eighteenth Century 64ROBIN EAGLES5 Edmund Burke, India and the Impeachment Trial of Warren Hastings 84MITHI MUKHERJEE6 The Nineteenth Century and Beyond: The Existence of the Threat of Impeachment 114CHRIS MONAGHAN7 ‘Impeachment’ in Irish Constitutional Law 132LAURA CAHILLANE AND TOM HICKEYPART 2American Practice 1558 Impeachment in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries in the Early United States 157JOHN R VILE9 Parallel Evolution: American Impeachment and the Two-Party System 180BRIAN C KALT10 Impeachment, Responsibility and Constitutional Failure: From Watergate to January 6 206JACK N RAKOVE11 The US Impeachment Process: Fit for Purpose in a Hyper-Partisan Era? 238CLODAGH HARRINGTON AND ALEX WADDANPART 3Evolutionary Dynamics 25912 The Renaissance of Impeachment: Political and Legal Accountability in the 21st Century 261DAN PLESCHIndex 271

Chris Monaghan is a Principal Lecturer in Law at the University of Worcester,UK.Matthew Flinders is Professor of Politics and Founding Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre at the University of Sheffield, UK.

‘This wide-ranging, interdisciplinary study of impeachment is essential readingfor scholars, citizens, and public officials alike. Now more than ever, it is vital to appreciate the promise and perils of the impeachment power, and to reckon with its proper role in constitutional democracy.’Joshua Matz, Partner, Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP; Impeachment Counsel to the House Judiciary Committee for the first (2019–20) and second (2021) Senate trial of President Trump`The two edited collections—particularly when read together—provide a seasoned scholar of impeachment or a recent entrant to this area with an impressive array of expert perspectives on the historical evolution of impeachment, its varied use and relevance in global constitutional contexts, as well as thought-provoking contributions on the benefits and risks that result from the use of impeachment in different constitutional and cultural contexts.'John Cotter, 'Impeachment: Contention, neglect, and ways forward’ (2025), International Journal of Constitutional Law, 4 December 2025. URL: https://academic.oup.com/icon/advance-article/doi/10.1093/icon/moaf058/8369051?login=trueMonaghan Matthew Flinders, eds. British Origins and American Practice of Impeachment. Routledge, 2024. Pp.310. ISBN: 9781032187259.Chris Monaghan Matthew Flinders Aziz Z. Huq, eds. Impeachment in a Global Context: Law, Politics, and Comparative Practice. Routledge, 2024. Pp.364. ISBN: 9781032187402.

• List of Contributors xiPreface xiiForeword xiv1 Impeachment Matters 1MATTHEW FLINDERS AND CHRIS MONAGHANPART 1British Origins 152 Impeachment during the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries and Its Abeyance in the Sixteenth Century 17CHRIS MONAGHAN3 Impeachment in Seventeenth-Century England 42MARK GOLDIE4 British Politics and Impeachment in the Eighteenth Century 64ROBIN EAGLES5 Edmund Burke, India and the Impeachment Trial of Warren Hastings 84MITHI MUKHERJEE6 The Nineteenth Century and Beyond: The Existence of the Threat of Impeachment 114CHRIS MONAGHAN7 ‘Impeachment’ in Irish Constitutional Law 132LAURA CAHILLANE AND TOM HICKEYPART 2American Practice 1558 Impeachment in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries in the Early United States 157JOHN R VILE9 Parallel Evolution: American Impeachment and the Two-Party System 180BRIAN C KALT10 Impeachment, Responsibility and Constitutional Failure: From Watergate to January 6 206JACK N RAKOVE11 The US Impeachment Process: Fit for Purpose in a Hyper-Partisan Era? 238CLODAGH HARRINGTON AND ALEX WADDANPART 3Evolutionary Dynamics 25912 The Renaissance of Impeachment: Political and Legal Accountability in the 21st Century 261DAN PLESCHIndex 271