Regional Accountability and Executive Power in Europe

Marcel Morabito is Professor Emeritus of Legal History at Sciences Po, Paris, and member of the Institut Louis Favoreu, Aix-Marseille University, France.Guillaume Tusseau is Professor of Public Law at Sciences Po Law School, Paris, Fellow of the Institut Universitaire de France.

• IntroductionMarcel MorabitoPart I: The responsibility of the national Executive power from the point of view of local territoriesSection 1: Theoretical ReflectionsChapter 1: A European perspectiveMercedes BressoChapter 2: The responsibility of the national executive power in GermanyClaus Dieter Classen, Aurore Gaillet and Yoan VilainChapter 3: Is calling upon the courts a way to acknowledge the responsibility of the Executive?Virginie DonierSection 2: Regional RealitiesChapter 4: The point of view of a State representativeLaurent CarriéChapter 5: The point of view of an elected officialAndré ViolaConclusion: how do local actors participate in the strengthening or in the weakening of the holding to account of the Executive within modern democratic States?Stéphane MoutonPart II: National traditions and European cultureSection 3: What impact do the traditions of the Member States have on the European practice of responsibility?Chapter 6: Are there common national traditions regarding the responsibility of the executive power?Luigi LacchèChapter 7: The accountability of the EU Commission as the EU’s ExecutivePaolo PonzanoChapter 8: Political accountability and role splitting of the Executive in EU Member StatesJacques ZillerChapter 9: Political accountability within the European systemFabienne Peraldi-LeneufSection 4: A common culture? National traditions, European challengesQuestionnaireJulien Padovani and Emilien QuinartChapter 10: Parliamentarianism and accountability of the executive power on a European scale: the experience of the European ParliamentJuan Fernando López AguilarChapter 11: The scent of wild animalsSophie in’t VeldConclusion: On political responsibility and political control in the European Union Jean-Paul JacquéPart III: Diversity of legal approachesSection 5: Democratic perspectivesChapter 12: The European convergence of the strengthening of the executive powerHanan QazbirChapter 13: Responsibility, accountability and legitimacy of Executives: what role for the people?Audrey Bachert-PerettiSection 6: Disciplinary specificitiesChapter 14: Administrative responsibility and responsibility of the ExecutiveHafida BelrhaliChapter 15: Understanding responsibility through the issues of the environment: towards a bilateral conception of responsibility?Malik Bozzo-ReyChapter 16: A perspective on civil responsibilityJean-Baptiste DonnierChapter 17: Responsibility of the Executive: cross-read approaches Amaia ErrecartChapter 18: The unique nature of political responsibilityCécile Guérin-BarguesChapter19: Responsibility and sports: some remarks on a particular coupleClémentine LegendreChapter 20: The difficulty of thinking about executive responsibility in a republic: a historical perspectiveFrançois QuastanaChapter 21: Of sheep and straw men: the accountability of the Executive from the perspective of political scienceOlivier RozenbergConclusion: For a common concept of ‘responsibility’ from a multidisciplinary perspectiveXavier MagnonConcluding Remarks: a kaleidoscopic approach to make (necessary) interdisciplinary communication possibleGuillaume Tusseau