Democratic Input Legitimacy of IRAs: Proposing an Assessment Framework

The democratic input legitimacy of independent regulatory agencies (IRAs) is often questioned. Their independence creates distance from the main executive bodies, who therefore do not necessarily bear responsibility for them. This in turn may negatively affect the responsiveness of the ‘unelected’ b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miroslava Scholten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Utrecht University School of Law 2015-07-01
Series:Utrecht Law Review
Subjects:
US
EU
Online Access:http://www.utrechtlawreview.org/articles/10.18352/ulr.318/