Introduction
Marcel Morabito
Part I: The responsibility of the national Executive power from the point of view of local territories
Section 1: Theoretical Reflections
Chapter 1: A European perspective
Mercedes Bresso
Chapter 2: The responsibility of the national executive power in Germany
Claus Dieter Classen, Aurore Gaillet and Yoan Vilain
Chapter 3: Is calling upon the courts a way to acknowledge the responsibility of the Executive?
Virginie Donier
Section 2: Regional Realities
Chapter 4: The point of view of a State representative
Laurent Carrié
Chapter 5: The point of view of an elected official
André Viola
Conclusion: how do local actors participate in the strengthening or in the weakening of the holding to account of the Executive within modern democratic States?
Stéphane Mouton
Part II: National traditions and European culture
Section 3: What impact do the traditions of the Member States have on the European practice of responsibility?
Chapter 6: Are there common national traditions regarding the responsibility of the executive power?
Luigi Lacchè
Chapter 7: The accountability of the EU Commission as the EU's Executive
Paolo Ponzano
Chapter 8: Political accountability and role splitting of the Executive in EU Member States
Jacques Ziller
Chapter 9: Political accountability within the European system
Fabienne Peraldi-Leneuf
Section 4: A common culture? National traditions, European challenges
Questionnaire
Julien Padovani and Emilien Quinart
Chapter 10: Parliamentarianism and accountability of the executive power on a European scale: the experience of the European Parliament
Juan Fernando López Aguilar
Chapter 11: The scent of wild animals
Sophie in't Veld
Conclusion: On political responsibility and political control in the European Union
Jean-Paul Jacqué
Part III: Diversity of legal approaches
Section 5: Democratic perspectives
Chapter 12: The European convergence of the strengthening of the executive power
Hanan Qazbir
Chapter 13: Responsibility, accountability and legitimacy of Executives: what role for the people?
Audrey Bachert-Peretti
Section 6: Disciplinary specificities
Chapter 14: Administrative responsibility and responsibility of the Executive
Hafida Belrhali
Chapter 15: Understanding responsibility through the issues of the environment: towards a bilateral conception of responsibility?
Malik Bozzo-Rey
Chapter 16: A perspective on civil responsibility
Jean-Baptiste Donnier
Chapter 17: Responsibility of the Executive: cross-read approaches
Amaia Errecart
Chapter 18: The unique nature of political responsibility
Cécile Guérin-Bargues
Chapter19: Responsibility and sports: some remarks on a particular couple
Clémentine Legendre
Chapter 20: The difficulty of thinking about executive responsibility in a republic: a historical perspective
François Quastana
Chapter 21: Of sheep and straw men: the accountability of the Executive from the perspective of political science
Olivier Rozenberg
Conclusion: For a common concept of 'responsibility' from a multidisciplinary perspective
Xavier Magnon
Concluding Remarks: a kaleidoscopic approach to make (necessary) interdisciplinary communication possible
Guillaume Tusseau
