TY - BOOK AU - Carolan,Eoin TI - The new separation of powers: a theory for the modern state SN - 9780191721588 (ebook) : AV - KJC5049 U1 - 320.404 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Separation of powers KW - Judicial independence KW - Great Britain KW - Case studies KW - Ireland KW - United States N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - This book offers a radical & provocative revision of the theory of separation of powers. It argues that, although designed to protect democracy, separation of powers is often used today to undermine it by concealing & centralising the exercise of power by public officials. The theory is then reinvented for the modern regulatory state UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199568673.001.0001 ER -