This is to announce the publication of the edited volume based on the conference on Comparative Administrative Law that Professors Susan Rose-Ackerman and Peter Lindseth organized at Yale Law School in May 2009.
The chapters in this book represent a broad, multi-method approach combining perspectives from history and social science with more strictly legal analyses. Comparisons of the United States, continental Europe, and the British Commonwealth are complemented by contributions that focus on Latin America, Africa, and Asia. The work aims to stimulate comparative research on public law, reaching across countries and scholarly disciplines.
Beginning with historical reflections on the emergence of administrative law over the last two centuries, the volume then turns to the relationship of administrative and constitutional law, with an additional section focusing on the key issue of administrative independence. Two further sections highlight the possible tensions between impartial expertise and public accountability, drawing insights from economics and political science as well as law. The final section considers the changing boundaries of the administrative state – both the public-private distinction and the links between domestic and transnational regulatory bodies such as the European Union. In covering this broad range of topics, the book illuminates a core concern of administrative law: the way individuals and organizations across different systems test and challenge the legitimacy of public authority.
You can find a flyer for the book with the table of contents here. The direct link to the book on Elgar’s website is here. Right now the book is only available in hard cover. A paperback will be published in the fall of 2011 at a much more affordable price.