Conflict of Interest and Public Life: Cross-National Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780521881425 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 276 str.

Christine Trost;Alison L. Gash

Opis

This volume features a comparative account of ethics in regulations across four Western democracies.

Recenzje

This book is a welcome contribution to the literature and will no doubt stimulate much more work in this extremely important and surprisingly neglected field.
The Law and Politics Review

Spis treści

Part I. Theoretical Frameworks: 1. Legal standards and ethical norms: defining the limits of conflicts regulations Giovanni Guzzetta; 2. The Watergate effect: or why is the ethics bar constantly rising? Denis Saint-Martin; 3. Pluralists and republicans, rules and standards: conflicts of interest and the California experience Karen Getman and Pamela S. Karlan; 4. A democratized conception of political ethics Colin M. Macleod; Part II. Cross-National Case Studies: 5. Conflict of interest legislation in the United States: origins, evolution and inter-branch differences Bruce E. Cain, Alison L. Gash and Mark J. Oleszek; 6. Conflict of interest in Canada Andrew Stark; 7. Conflict of interest in British public life Gillian Peele and Robert Kaye; 8. Conflict of interest in Italy: the case of a media tycoon who became prime minister (2001–2006) Sergio Fabbrini.