Ministerial Responsibility (political)

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  • Created by: lmaguire
  • Created on: 21-01-17 19:39
Problems with legal constitutionalism?
puts too much power in the hands of judges and therefore, cannot be accountable for this power as there are no mechanisms in place, Griffith "trust no more than princes". Lots of old white men too
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Problems with political constitutionalism?
erratic, malleable, imprecise, unenforceable, susceptible
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R v Chaytor
court held that political responsibility is on top of their legal responsibility
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"Carlyle, 19th Century"
"Fourth estate more important far than they all" media plays a large part in enforcing Ministerial Responsibility through political pressure
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"Marshall, 1984"
Collective Responsibility is "confidence, unanimity and confidentiality"
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erratic, malleable, imprecise, unenforceable, susceptible

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Problems with political constitutionalism?

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court held that political responsibility is on top of their legal responsibility

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"Fourth estate more important far than they all" media plays a large part in enforcing Ministerial Responsibility through political pressure

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Collective Responsibility is "confidence, unanimity and confidentiality"

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