Parliamentary scrutiny and oversight of the british ‘war on terror’: from accretion of executive power and evasion of scrutiny to embarrassment and concessions

Journal of Legislative Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 191-218

  Shephard, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iraq; Legislative oversight; War on terror; Westminster

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048902123     PISSN: 13572334     EISSN: 17439337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13572330902933326     Document Type: Article

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