The Powers That Be

Rethinking the Separation of Powers
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-90-8728-251-6
Verlag: Leiden University Press

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 588 g

Both democratic legitimacy and the separation of powers as concepts have very much evolved alongside the state and over the last decades the state has been giving up ground to other power holders, particularly international (and even supranational) actors. This brings up the question of whether the combination of these concepts is still viable outside a traditional state context, and if so, in what form? This is the central question the current volume seeks to answer. In 2013 Christoph Möllers published his impressive monograph, The Three Branches; A Comparative Model of Separation of Powers. This inspirational book led to the idea to pitch it against both the agenda of us as researchers of the Institute of Public Law at Leiden Law School (resulting from a 2012 conference) and our own insights, as well as that of fellow travellers in the field.

Autoren/Hrsg.

ten Napel, Hans Martien

Voermans, Wim

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Introduction

Hans-Martien ten Napel, Joost Luiten and Wim Voermans

Part I: Separation of Powers in a Transnational Era

Chapter 1: The Separation of Powers and Constitutional Scholarship

Maarten Stremler

Chapter 2: Separation of Powers beyond the State: The ‘inconveniences of [a]bsolute power’

Aoife O’Donoghue

Chapter 3: The Agony of Political Constitutionalism within the European Legal Space

Patricia Popelier

Chapter 4: Accountability and the New Separation of Powers

Joseph Corkin

Chapter 5: Trias Europea: Notes on Möllers Three Branches

Tom Eijsbouts

Part II: Legislative Power

Chapter 6: The Changing Role of National Parliaments in National Budgetary Matters in Light of the Increasing Centralisation of Fiscal Policy in the EMU

Michal Diamant

Chapter 7: The Rise of Regulators

Wim Voermans

Chapter 8: Constitutional Conventions and the UK Human Rights Act: From Parliamentary Sovereignty Towards the Separation of Powers?

Gert Jan Geertjes & Luc Verhey

Part III: Executive Power

Chapter 9: EU Administrative Soft Law and the Separation of Powers

Claartje van Dam

Chapter 10: Making a Virtue of Necessity: The Role of Discretion in Administrative Implementation

Josephine Hartmann

Chapter 11: Legitimising Transnational Decision-Making in the EU State Aid Regime

Paul Adriaanse

Part IV: Judicial Power

Chapter 12: Enhancing the Legitimacy of the European Court of Human Rights: Emphasising the Margin of Appreciation Is Not the Way to Go

Titia Loenen

Chapter 13: Separation of Powers and the Limits to the Constitutionalisation of Fundamental Rights Adjudication by the ECtHR and the CJEU

Ingrid Leijten

Chapter 14: ‘Make it a Better Place’: Transnational Public Interest Litigation and the Separation of Powers

Jerfi Uzman & Geerten Boogaard

Epilogue

Chapter 15: Separation of Powers – a Short Manual for the Perplexed

Christoph Möllers

References

Case Law

About the Authors

Index

Über Autor(innen)

ten Napel, Hans Martien
Hans-Martien ten Napel is an Associate Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law at Leiden University. In 2014 he was awarded a Research Fellowship in Legal Studies at the Center of Theological Inquiry (CTI) in Princeton, which enabled him to be in full-time residence at CTI for the academic year 2014-2015.

Voermans, Wim
Wim Voermans is a Full Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law at Leiden University. He is the acting President of the International Association for Legislation. Voermans’ current research focuses on Dutch and European constitutional law, with a particular interest in the Dutch and European legislature.