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A Middle Ground for Democratic Accountability: Retention Elections for the House of Lords
International Journal of Constitutional Law Blog (2015)
  • Brian Christopher Jones
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Abstract
The piece explores the possibility of improving democratic accountability in the House of Lords by implementing retention elections, similar to those that are used for judges in many US states.
Keywords
  • House of Lords,
  • democratic accountability,
  • retention elections,
  • reform,
  • Lords reform
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Publication Date
December 23, 2015
Citation Information
Brian Christopher Jones. "A Middle Ground for Democratic Accountability: Retention Elections for the House of Lords" International Journal of Constitutional Law Blog (2015)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/brian_jones/35/