Criminal misconduct in office law and politics
1. Criminal Misconduct and the Constitution -- 2. The Limits of Criminal Misconduct -- 3. Republican Foundations: Holding Officials to Account in Criminal Law -- 4. MPs' Criminal Liability: Tackling Personal Corruption -- 5. UK Political Corruption and the Role of the Criminal Law
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Oxford, United Kingdom
Oxford University Press
2018
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| Ausgabe: | First edition |
| Schriftenreihe: | Oxford monographs on criminal law and justice
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | 1. Criminal Misconduct and the Constitution -- 2. The Limits of Criminal Misconduct -- 3. Republican Foundations: Holding Officials to Account in Criminal Law -- 4. MPs' Criminal Liability: Tackling Personal Corruption -- 5. UK Political Corruption and the Role of the Criminal Law Democracy cannot function if the public loses faith in politicians, and that faith will be lost if politicians abuse their power with impunity. This book analyses the criminal offence of misconduct in office, and explains how it should be used, along with other measures, to hold politicians to account for abuse of their position |
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| Beschreibung: | xiv, 209 Seiten 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 0198823703 0-19-882370-3 9780198823704 978-0-19-882370-4 |