The Executive in the Constitution: Structure, Autonomy, and Internal Control

by Terence Daintith, Alan Page

Overview

At a time when major constitutional change is in the air, it is vital to understand the inner working of the executive Government. This book highlights major recent changes in the way government organizes itself and controls the action of its Departments. It shows how public service reforms, judicial review, and European law are changing not just the inner life of the executive Government, but its place in our constitution as well.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198268703
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	10/28/1999
Pages:	472
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.20(d)
Lexile:	1550L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

1 The executive in the constitutionI IntroductionII Why is the executive important? III Why is the executive neglected? IV Positive constitutional theoryV The executive in a resource-based theory of the constitution2 The executive in constitutional lawI IntroductionII The CrownIII The ministerial departmentIV Hollowing out the departmentV The cabinet and ministryVI Conclusion3 The civil serviceI IntroductionII The legal basis of controlIII The organisation of controlIV RecruitmentV Conduct and disciplineVI Conclusions4 The financial resources of the government: institutionsI Introduction: the constitutional dimensionII The constitutional structureIII The institutions of the executive5 The financial resources of government: allocation and appropriationI Introduction: a plurality of systemsII The Public Expenditure Survey systemIII The Supply systemIV Resource accounting and budgeting6 The financial resources of government: monitoring and controlI In general: criteria, constraints, conceptsII Treasury authorisations and delegationsIII Cash controlIV Control and sanctions7 The organisation of the legal function in governmentI IntroductionII The development of the structure for government legal workIII The current structure of legal servicesIV The Law Officers: history and status8 LegislationI IntroductionII Machinery and purposesIII The impact of EuropeIV Burdens on BusinessV Conclusions9 Litigation and legal advice: co-ordination and controlI The Law Officers, criminal prosecutions, and civil litigationII The Law Officers as the governments chief legal advisersIII Cabinet Office co-ordination in legal mattersIV Co-ordination within the framework of the Government Legal Service10 Executive legality: constitutional background and current issuesI Legality: pluralism and centralisationII Constitutional roots of our present systemIII The changing contextIV Change within the executive11 Better government: charter standards, open government and good administrationI IntroductionII The Citizens Charter and Service FirstIII Access to official informationIV External controls on standards of administrationV Conclusion12 Conclusions: internal control in a plural executiveI IntroductionII Trends in internal controlIII Internal control and external controlsIV The constitutional significance of internal controlBibliography