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"This collection deals with challenges confronting public law and public administration in twenty-first century democracies across the world. It draws together contributions from leading scholars, examining cutting-edge topics, and projecting the scholarship forward. It emphasizes the importance both of justifying executive policymaking to citizens and of drawing on bureaucratic expertise and professional competence. Contributors examine the role of courts and argue for new forms of public participation that can incorporate democratic values into executive-branch policymaking. Finally, the work confronts problems in the administration of the criminal law that are generating increased public concern. Building on Rose-Ackerman's scholarship, writers compare the American experience with contemporary developments in other leading democracies - in particular, Germany, France, the EU, Canada, and Latin America. The work will be an invaluable resource for academics, researchers and policy-makers working in the area of Administrative Law, Public Law and Political Science"--

This book discusses the fundamental issues of public law in the area of statelessness in the perspectives of comparative law and international-law standards, proposing an approach in which statelessness is not a homogeneous concept but is best analysed and responded to through the lens of different categories of statelessness.

The future and function of public law are uncertain. The rapidly transforming legal landscape calls into question the conceptual and value structures modern concepts of public law are built upon. This volume casts new light on the contemporary and future status of public law, asking what might come after public law in a global legal world.

Clear, comprehensive, contextual and critical coverage of the foundational ideas and principles that underpin public law in Australia. Written in an engaging and accessible style, Australian Public Law develops a concept of public law through analysis of the mechanisms of empowerment and constraint and places public law in its historical, social, political, economic and environmental context. The text draws on examples and case studies throughout to demonstrate how institutions, values and interests affect the real-life application and outcomes of public law, and the ongoing contestations of public law that will shape its future development. New to this edition: New co-authors - Megan Davis, a First Nations international human rights and constitutional law expert and Dylan Lino, an expert in constitutional law, colonialism and legal history; updates in light of: public law developments including coverage of:the COVID-19 pandemic; the referendum on a First Nations Voice as called for in the Uluru Statement from the Heart; developments towards Treaties in the States and Territories; the impact of technology on the practice of public law. -- publisher