Accountability in the contemporary constitution / The spirits of the constitution / Judicial accountability in comparative perspective / Accountability to law / Adjudication as accountability : a deliberative approach / The instrumental value of legal accountability / Accountability, human rights adjudication and the Human Rights Act / Accountability and judicial review in the UK and EU : central precepts / Parliamentary accountability and the judicial system / Ombudsmen, tribunals, inquiries : re-fashioning accountability beyond the courts / Accountability of and to the legislature / Multi-layered constitutional accountability and the refinancing of territorial governance in the UK / Beyond new public management : problems of accountability in the modern administrative state / Regulatory accountability : capacities, challenges, and prospects / Legal accountability and social justice