Conclusion
The essays in this collection do not seek to offer a comprehensive survey of accountability issues, but instead to open up questions at a range of levels and to provide fresh insights informed by contemporary constitutional debates.
As noted in this introduction, accountability issues have assumed a particular prominence in recent years, even though they have always been present in constitutional discourse. This is perhaps unsurprising given the many substantive constitutional changes which have occurred during this time in the United Kingdom and the European Union, as well as the growth in comparative analysis of constitutional law. Given the apparent elusiveness of the term ‘accountability', it may perhaps be fair to suggest that a central question we are left with is whether it is better seen as possessing an unvarying core meaning (however that is defined in relation to its form, the relationships involved and the contexts in which it applies), or whether it is better regarded in looser terms, simply as a mechanism of good government practice the details of which are constantly shifting in response to practical constitutional developments or the context in which particular accountability-related questions arise. The essays presented here are likely to offer foundations for a variety of possible conclusions.
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