Description:
This collection brings together historians, political scientists and legal scholars to explore the Anglo-American origins of impeachment and its use in the USA. It explores the history of impeachment and how it developed in British history, the adoption of impeachment within the US Constitution, and impeachment in the 21st century.
Review Quotes:
'This wide-ranging, interdisciplinary study of impeachment is essential readingfor scholars, citizens, and public officials alike. Now more than ever, it is vital to appreciate the promise and perils of the impeachment power, and to reckon with its proper role in constitutional democracy.'
Joshua Matz, Partner, Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP; Impeachment Counsel to the House Judiciary Committee for the first (2019-20) and second (2021) Senate trial of President Trump
`The two edited collections--particularly when read together--provide a seasoned scholar of impeachment or a recent entrant to this area with an impressive array of expert perspectives on the historical evolution of impeachment, its varied use and relevance in global constitutional contexts, as well as thought-provoking contributions on the benefits and risks that result from the use of impeachment in different constitutional and cultural contexts.'
John Cotter, 'Impeachment: Contention, neglect, and ways forward' (2025), International Journal of Constitutional Law, 4 December 2025. URL: https: //academic.oup.com/icon/advance-article/doi/10.1093/icon/moaf058/8369051?login=true
Monaghan Matthew Flinders, eds. British Origins and American Practice of Impeachment. Routledge, 2024. Pp.310. ISBN: 9781032187259.
Chris Monaghan Matthew Flinders Aziz Z. Huq, eds. Impeachment in a Global Context: Law, Politics, and Comparative Practice. Routledge, 2024. Pp.364. ISBN: 9781032187402.