Impeachment in a Global Context - Law, Politics, and Comparative Practice

This book considers the use of impeachment in a global context. Leading scholars and experts give an insight into significant periods in the development of impeachment and its modern comparative use. It presents the definitive text on impeachment for students and scholars in comparative public law, politics, and constitutional studies.

List of contents

1. Understanding Impeachment: An Exercise in Comparative Cartography; PART I. FOUNDATIONS; 2. Impeachment as Cause or Cure of Human Rights Violations; 3. Impeachment and Democracy: Does Impeachment Have an Effect on Democracy in Third Wave Presidentialism?; 4. Impeachment and the Rule of Law: It's Complicated; PART II. CORE; 5. The Role of the Judiciary in the Presidential Impeachment Process in Korea; 6. Latin America: Between Governability Crises and the Impeachment Trap; 7. Contemporary Impeachment in Brazil: Political Time and Aporias; 8. Impeachment in the United States; PART III. PERIPHERY; 9. Impeachment in Iceland; 10. Impeachment in Denmark: Law and Practice; 11. The Impeachment of the Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, Dr Shirani Bandaranayke; 12. Impeachment in the Philippines: Politics, Institutions and Leadership; PART IV. SATELLITE; 13. Impeachment in Central and Eastern Europe; 14. Impeachment in Nigeria: Process, Practice and Failure; 15. The Politics of Impeachment in Pakistan's Hybrid Democracy; 16. The United Kingdom and Impeachment: Justification, Renewal, and the House of Commons as a Guardian of the Constitution; PART V: FUTURES; 17. Impeachment in Comparative Perspective: An Empirical View

About the author

Chris Monaghan is Principal Lecturer in Law at the University of Worcester.
Matthew Flinders is Professor of Politics and Founding Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre at the University of Sheffield.
Aziz Z. Huq is the Frank and Bernice Greenberg Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School.

Product details

• Authors: Chris (University of Worcester Monaghan
• Assisted by: Flinders Matthew (Editor), Aziz Z. Huq (Editor), Monaghan Chris (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.2025
• EAN: 9781032187457
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3218745-7
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Routledge Frontiers in Accountability Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; USA, LAW / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, LAW / Legal History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, LAW / Courts, LAW / Constitutional, LAW / Public, HISTORY / United States / General, LAW / Comparative, LAW / Government / General, Political leaders & leadership, Legal History, comparative law, History of the Americas, Political leaders and leadership, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general