Promoting Executive Accountability Through Qui Tam Legislation

Authors

• Randy Beck, University of Georgia School of LawFollow

Abstract

For hundreds of years prior to ratification of the U.S. Constitution, Anglo-American legislatures used qui tam legislation to enforce legal constraints on government officials. A qui tam statute allows a private informer to collect a statutory fine for illegal conduct, even if the informer lacks the particularized injury normally required for Article III standing. This essay explores whether qui tam regulation should be revived as a means of ensuring executive branch legal accountability."

Repository Citation

Randy Beck, Promoting Executive Accountability Through Qui Tam Legislation , 21 Chap. L. Rev. 41 (2018),
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/fac_artchop/1155