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Committees of Inquiry: Some remarks on accountability in practice

Accountability of public authorities remains an ambiguous category, even though it is of crucial importance to the exercise of democratic governance. In this paper, accountability, understood narratively as the ability to receive a report from the exercise of power - is described through the lenses of activity of committees of inquiry. The analysis of the legal framework of the functioning of this instrument, the subject matter under consideration over the years, as well as the frequency and results of committees' activities, has been carried out under three different constitutional systems (Germany, Italy, Poland). Conclusions drawn from this comparison may constitute an interesting introduction to the study of social and political expectations and attitudes towards this well-known parliamentary tool, the evolution of the significance of classical instruments of government control, and the change in the nature of Agent-Principal relations in contemporary legal cultures.