Book contents
- Reviews
- The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law
- Cambridge Companions to Law
- The Cambridge Companion toComparative Constitutional Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases (Selection)
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Theoretical Foundations
- Part II Historical Experiences
- Part III Constitutional Principles
- Part IV State Institutions
- 13 Parliaments
- 14 Governments
- 15 Administration
- 16 Courts with Constitutional Jurisdiction
- 17 Independent Fiscal Institutions
- Part V Transnational Constitutionalism
- Index
- References
14 - Governments
from Part IV - State Institutions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 September 2019
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Book contents
- Reviews
- The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law
- Cambridge Companions to Law
- The Cambridge Companion toComparative Constitutional Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases (Selection)
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Theoretical Foundations
- Part II Historical Experiences
- Part III Constitutional Principles
- Part IV State Institutions
- 13 Parliaments
- 14 Governments
- 15 Administration
- 16 Courts with Constitutional Jurisdiction
- 17 Independent Fiscal Institutions
- Part V Transnational Constitutionalism
- Index
- References
Summary
Governments can pose a threat to constitutional authority. As institutions, they pre-date constitutional regimes and are structurally least sympathetic to its limitations. Their sceptical predisposition towards constitutionalism has only grown in the twentieth and twenty-first century, when the rise of the bureaucratic state and internationalization coupled with government-led international law-making have only heightened the potential dominance of executive power. Functions and competences of governments are hence a central battlefield of constitutional calibration.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law , pp. 361 - 390Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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Helms, L., Presidents, Prime Ministers and Chancellors: Executive Leadership in Western Democracies (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005).Google Scholar
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