Public Administration and Expertise in Democratic Governments: Comparative Public Law in the Twenty-First Century

ISBN-13: 9781032524283 / Twarda / 2024 / 288 str.

Opis

This work explores challenges confronting public law and public administration in contemporary democracies. It examines the role of courts and argues for new forms of public participation incorporating democratic values into executive-branch policymaking. It compares the US with democracies such as Germany, France, Canada, and Latin America.

Spis treści

1. Introduction;  2. What’s Democratic about Administration?  3. The Lawfulness of Public Law in Germany and United States;  4. Administrative Resilience;  5. Bureaucrats as Temporary Leaders;  6. The Creation of the Modern American Civil Service and the (Constitutional) Limits of German Influence;  7. The Neoliberal Turn of Contemporary French Administrative Law;  8. Law and Monetary Policy: From Limited Judicial Review to Parliamentary Scrutiny in the European Monetary Union;  9. Administrative Democracy and Federalism: The US, the EU, and Canada;  10. From Elections to Autocracy: Can Strategic Decentralization Bring Us Back?  11. Judicial Review of the Executive in Hyper-Presidential Regimes;  12. Equal versus Efficient Security against Crime: Differences and Unintended Consequences;  13. Administration and Democracy

O autorze

Susan Rose-Ackerman is Henry R. Luce Professor Emeritus of Law and Political Science, Yale University. She has published widely on comparative administrative law and the political economy of corruption.