| Contents |
Introduction -- Part I. Preliminaries -- Preliminaries -- Reaching the internal tension model -- Maintaining the internal tension model -- Part II. Constitution-generated fuzzy law -- Unilateral, non-statutory executive powers -- The nature and use of unilateral executive measures : a comparative analysis -- Part III. Legislation and executive-generated fuzzy law -- Case studies : emergency and air pollution, overviews -- Legislation-generated fuzziness : patchwork legislation -- Executive-generated fuzziness : on the spectrum of (non)-implementation -- Part IV. Analysis -- Fuzzy legality and the challenge to proper governance -- Keeping the internal tension under check : the role of the judiciary in a multiple-fora participatory/deliberative democracy -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
This monograph offers a theoretical foundation of the executive branch in Western democracies and argues that the tension between dominance and submission is maintained by the adoption of various forms of fuzziness, under which a guise of legality masks the absence of the substantive limitation of power. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020947996 |
| ISBN | 0198821980 |
| ISBN | 9780198821984 |
