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Review, amendment, ombudsman and open government

Law (Code 58) · Unit 10 · ~13 min read · Original chapter

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Constitutions must be both stable and changeable, governments must be reviewable, and citizens must be able to see what government does. This chapter links judicial review, constitutional amendment, the ombudsman and open government as four accountability devices. A citizen who obtains a government file, complains to an ombudsman, and challenges an amendment in court uses three of them at once.

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