Includes bibliographical references and index.

Theory and practice of delegation to non-majoritarian institutions / Mark Thatcher and Alec Stone Sweet -- Delegation to supranational institutions : why, how, and with what consequences? / Jonas Tallberg -- Rational fictions : central bank independence and the social logic of delegation / Kathleen R. McNamara -- Constitutional courts and parliamentary democracy / Alec Stone Sweet -- Institutional choice and bureaucratic autonomy in Germany / Marian Döhler -- Delegation to independent regulatory agencies : pressures, functions and contextual mediation / Mark Thatcher -- The unanticipated consequences of creating independent competition agencies / Stephen Wilks with Ian Bartle -- Judicial delegation doctrines : the US, Britain, and France / Martin Shapiro -- Learning from the Americanists (again) : theory and method in the study of delegation / Mark A. Pollack.

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