Image from Amazon.com
A theory of the executive branch : tension and legality / Margit Cohn.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (352 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191861154 (ebook) :Subject(s): Executive power -- Western countries | Executive departments -- Western countries | Separation of powers -- Western countries | Democracy -- Philosophy
| Western countries -- Politics and governmentAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198821984DDC classification: 342.062 LOC classification: JF251Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This monograph offers a theoretical foundation of the executive branch in Western democracies and argues that the tension between dominance and submission is maintained by the adoption of various forms of fuzziness, under which a guise of legality masks the absence of the substantive limitation of power.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This monograph offers a theoretical foundation of the executive branch in Western democracies and argues that the tension between dominance and submission is maintained by the adoption of various forms of fuzziness, under which a guise of legality masks the absence of the substantive limitation of power.
Specialized.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 9, 2021).