Horizontal accountability
The rights-protective promise and fragility of executive integrity institutions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12518136 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gabrielle Appleby (0000-0001-9755-6803, UNSW Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 168-187 |
| Publication date | 2017-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Human Rights (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1323-238X • E-ISSN: 2573-573X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1323238x.2017.1363372 |
| OpenAlex | W2754069783 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 10 |
An identifiable trend of modern Australian administrative law has been the increase of ‘integrity’ institutions. Such institutions sit notionally within the executive branch, but are provided statutorily protected independence from the government and have statutory mandates to hold the exercise of government power to account. While the general accountability function of such institutions is well known and documented, this article explains their specific role in protecting against rights-infringement by government. However, the constitutional status of these institutions means they are vulnerable in myriad ways to executive attacks on their independence and thus their ability to fulfil their accountability and rights-protective roles. Through a series of case studies, this article explores the extent and dimensions of this vulnerability and offers a number of recommendations to go some way to address it
Accountability · Business · Computer security · Constitution · Democracy · Economics · Executive branch · Executive power · Government (linguistics · Independence (probability theory · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Separation of powers · Statutory law · Vulnerability (computing · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · Legal principles and applications · Ombudsman and Human Rights · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2019 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |