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Commissions of Inquiry in Germany

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  • Marx, Fritz Morstein

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Inquiries are ventures into the unknown. As instrumentalities of government, officially organized investigations are a relatively recent addition to the mechanism of politics. Leaving aside regular agencies of criminal procedure such as the grand jury, one may say that the emergence of investigating committees is closely connected with the growth of representative government. Parliamentary inquiries have come to be regarded as essential implements of legislative control over the executive branch. The present brief survey of German experience undertakes to show the potentialities and limitations of a different type of officially organized investigation: the executive inquiry.

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  • Marx, Fritz Morstein, 1936. "Commissions of Inquiry in Germany," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 30(6), pages 1134-1143, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:30:y:1936:i:06:p:1134-1143_03
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