Understanding Law for Public Administration - Softcover

Szypszak, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0763780111 ISBN 13: 9780763780111

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2009

Synopsis

Instructor Resources: Instructor's Manual, PowerPoints, TestBankA valuable resource for public administration students and professionals, Understanding Law for Public Administration skillfully combines comprehensive legal information with analysis of instructive cases and practical advice. Based on more than 25 years’ experience practicing law and advising public officials, the author clearly explains basic legal principles and addresses subjects most relevant to public management, such as property, contracts, employment, and torts. Designed to simplify complex legal concepts, this essential reference offers a broad approach to learning about law and the legal process.The chapters cover constitutional and administrative law, analyze illustrative cases, and offer guidance on practical matters, such as public ethics law, hiring lawyers, and handling civil litigation. The book includes numerous case excerpts, which illustrate how the legal system addresses critical issues faced by public officials, such as freedom of the press, funding of public contracts, and separation of church and state. These examples bring the legal concepts to life in a meaningful way and help students understand their application in the real world. This is an ideal text for law-based courses on public administration and public policy. • A comprehensive yet easy-to-read overview of legal principles• Covers legal subjects most important to public management• Provides sound advice on practical matters such as public ethics law• Features useful analysis of key cases• Prepares public administrators to make legal decisions © 2011 | 350 pages

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About the Author

Charles Szypszak is Professor of Public Law and Government at the School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He provides counsel to state, national, and international institutions, organizations, and public officials on real property registration and conveyance laws and other public law subjects, and he teaches Law for Public Administration in the School's graduate program in public administration. Prior to 2005 he was a director of a general practice firm in New Hampshire and an adjunct professor of law at Franklin Pierce Law Center. He earned a B.A. from the University of Southern California, an M.A. from San Diego State University, and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, and he was a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0763780111
• ISBN 13: 9780763780111
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 350