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The principles of effectiveness, efficiency, transparency, responsibility and accountability originating from a rejuvenation in public governance act as a catalyst to revise the classic theme of good government. Contemporary public law provides, however, a more subtle portrait of sound government principles issuing from administrative law, political science and management. The integration of these principles into national constitutions represents a new development towards a more protective approach that often exceeds the means furnished to judges in most national systems of law. If the principles of sound administration are associated with the field of administrative law whose function it is to delimit jurisdictional control, there are on the other hand numerous principles closer to the notion of good governance seen from the perspective of accountability. A comprehensive survey reveals that the concerns of public authorities were first drawn to the development of mechanisms for controlling the executive function, while the development of consequential principles arrived later. The choice of mechanisms and principles illustrates a net convergence with the formal characteristics of law. This evolution tends towards a quest for greater effectiveness in the contemporary evolution of constitutionalism such that rights, principles and objectives may be applied “differently”, which makes good sense since the ambitions of new public management are “to manage differently”.