Ministerial Responsibility

Ministerial responsibility in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of ministerial responsibility.

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• ministerial responsibility in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• ministerial responsibility in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Definition of Ministerial Responsibility

The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Ministerial Responsibility: Associated with Parliamentary systems of government, this is the convention that a minister is answerable to Parliament for the conduct and actions of his or her ministry’s personnel. Originally, the responsibility was quite strictly imposed on a minister and resignation might be demanded even where the minister did not have, and could not reasonably have been expected to have, knowledge of improper or negligent acts or omissions by officials. In recent times, this idea has been abandoned and it is rare for a minister to accept responsibility and resign.

Ministerial Responsibility: Resources

Notes and References

• Drislane, R., & Parkinson, G. (2016). (Concept of) Ministerial Responsibility. Online dictionary of the social sciences. Open University of Canada

Hierarchical Display of Ministerial responsibility

Politics > Executive power and public service > Executive body > Executive competence
Politics > Parliament > Powers of parliament > Parliamentary scrutiny > Confidence motion
Politics > Parliament > Powers of parliament > Parliamentary scrutiny > Motion of censure

Meaning of Ministerial responsibility

Overview and more information about Ministerial responsibility

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Translation of Ministerial responsibility

• Spanish: Responsabilidad ministerial
• French: Responsabilité ministérielle
• German: Ministerverantwortlichkeit
• Italian: Responsabilità ministeriale
• Portuguese: Responsabilidade governamental
• Polish: Odpowiedzialność ministra

Thesaurus of Ministerial responsibility

Politics > Executive power and public service > Executive body > Executive competence > Ministerial responsibility
Politics > Parliament > Powers of parliament > Parliamentary scrutiny > Confidence motion > Ministerial responsibility
Politics > Parliament > Powers of parliament > Parliamentary scrutiny > Motion of censure > Ministerial responsibility

See also

• Confidence motion
• Motion of censure