The New Fourth Branch: Institutions for Protecting Constitutional Democracy

by Mark V. Tushnet

Book Overview

Twenty-first-century constitutions now typically include a new 'fourth branch' of government, a group of institutions charged with protecting constitutional democracy, including electoral management bodies, anticorruption agencies, and ombuds offices. This book offers the first general theory of the fourth branch; in a world where governance is exercised through political parties, we cannot be confident that the traditional three branches are enough...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 100904849X
• ISBN13: 9781009048491
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"