Common Values and the Public-Private Divide

Common Values and the Public-Private Divide
Author: Dawn Oliver
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1999-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780406983039

This text is a study of the public/private law divide in the common law tradition. Its starting point is that substantive duties of legality, fairness and rationality are imposed by the common law on bodies discharging public functions, but not always on bodies discharging 'private' functions.

The Public-private Law Divide

The Public-private Law Divide
Author: Matthias Ruffert
Publisher: BIICL
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2009
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781905221349

"This publication is a collection of papers of the second meeting of the Dornburg Research Group on New Administrative Law which was held in London in May 2007"--Acknowledgments.

UK Public Law and European Law

UK Public Law and European Law
Author: Gordon Anthony
Publisher: Hart Publishing
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2002-05-11
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1841131482

This book examines the dynamics of the process whereby UK courts borrow principle and practice from European law.

Researching Public Law in Common Law Systems

Researching Public Law in Common Law Systems
Author: Paul Daly
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2023-09-06
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1789904382

This original book fills a significant gap in legal literature by providing an exploration of research methodologies in public law; a field of research in which research methods are becoming increasingly prominent and sophisticated. Featuring thoughtful chapters written by leading scholars in the field, this book provides a thorough explanation of the key features, characteristics, and challenges of distinct methodological approaches to public law research.

Administrative Law

Administrative Law
Author: Steven Cann
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 615
Release: 2018-06-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1351729144

This title was first published in 2002. Designed to complement the first volume on administrative law which was published as part of the original series of "The International Library of Essays in Law and Legal Theory", the articles contained in this volume pick up on themes dealt with in the first, while others reflect different concerns and new developments in administrative law scholarship. It offers a representative sample of the best contemporary writing in administrative law - theoretical, empirical and doctrinal. What ties all the essays in this volume together is not that they fall within the province of administrative law, but that they are all concerned with the legal framework within which government business is conducted, and government policies are pursued, by executive action.

Voices at Work

Voices at Work
Author: Alan Bogg
Publisher:
Total Pages: 529
Release: 2014-03
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0199683131

This book investigates the intersection between law and worker voice in a sample of industrialised English speaking countries, namely Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, and USA. While these countries face broadly similar regulatory dilemmas, they have significant differences between their industrial systems and legal cultures

Boundaries of State, Boundaries of Rights

Boundaries of State, Boundaries of Rights
Author: Tsvi Kahana
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2016-10-20
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1316565173

This collection of essays draws together innovative scholars to examine the relationship between two legal and political phenomena: the shrinking of the state as a monopoly of power in favour of the expansion of power over individuals in private hands, and the change in the nature of rights. The authors expertly discuss the implications of the changing boundaries of state power, the legal responses to this development, its application to human rights, and re-conceptualizations of public life as obligations are handed over to private hands. This innovative book deals with an important set of problems and offers a fresh perspective of different legal themes in an integrated fashion.

Political Accountability

Political Accountability
Author: Antonino Palumbo
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 826
Release: 2017-03-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1351910426

Political accountability forms a cornerstone of modern democracy: it directs the political system towards the public interest and allows the exercise of the principles of autonomy and self-determination that lie at the core of democratic politics. Sadly, existing democracies, with their large, centralized bureaucracies, have evolved in ways that progressively undermine the ability of citizens to keep their representatives accountable and political regimes responsive. Far from reversing this trend, the neoliberal reforms introduced since the 1980s have increased that accountability gap. Globalization and the alleged passage from 'government' to 'governance' have aggravated the problem further. The notion of accountability that survives these changes is a problematic form of auditing carried out by a constellation of quangos, autonomous agencies and NGOs whose own accountability is problematic. This volume collects the main contributions to current debates on political accountability. It explores the challenges traditional conventions of accountability face today at the domestic, trans- and international levels and indicates the distinctive solutions those challenges require.

The Cambridge Companion to Public Law

The Cambridge Companion to Public Law
Author: Mark Elliott
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2015-08-21
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1107029759

A scholarly and accessible examination of key themes, debates and issues in contemporary public law by leading authorities on the subject.

Convergence and Divergence in European Public Law

Convergence and Divergence in European Public Law
Author: Paul Beaumont
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2002-06-07
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1847310141

This book grew out of a symposium held in the University of Aberdeen in May 2000. It examines the extent to which the European Union has brought about and should bring about convergence of law in Europe,in particular, but not exclusively, public law in Europe. Rather than focusing narrowly on the Intergovernmental Conference process, the book engages those who wish a detached and, at times, theoretical examination of the politics of institutional reform in the EU (Michael Keating and Joanne Scott); of the legal techniques for accommodating diversity within the Union and the process of treaty making or constitution building in the EU (Deirdre Curtin, Ige Dekker, Bruno de Witte and Carole Lyons); the cross-fertilisation of administrative law concepts between the EU level and the national level (Chris Himsworth, Ton Heukels and Jamila Tib); the need for and legitimacy of a European Union competence on human rights (Gráinne de Búrca, Paul Beaumont and Niamh NicShuibhne); and whether private law and public law differ in the extent to which they go to the heart of (reflect) national culture and therefore in the extent to which they are amenable to convergence (Carol Harlow, Pierre Legrand and Neil Walker).