Public Law Adjudication in Common Law Systems: Process and Substance (Hart Studies in Comparative Public Law) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1849469911 ISBN 13: 9781849469913

Publisher: Hart Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

This volume arises from the inaugural Public Law Conference hosted in September 2014 by the Centre for Public Law at the University of Cambridge, which brought together leading public lawyers from a number of common law jurisdictions. While those from such jurisdictions share background understandings, significant differences within the common law world create opportunities for valuable exchanges of ideas and debate.

This collection draws upon one of the principal sub-themes that emerged during the conference – namely, the the way in which relationships and distinctions between the notions of 'process' and 'substance' play out in relation to and inform adjudication in public law cases. The essays contained in this volume address those issues from a variety of perspectives. While the bulk of the chapters consider topical issues in judicial review, either on common law or human rights grounds, or both, other chapters adopt more theoretical, historical, empirical or contextual approaches. Concluding chapters reflect generally on the papers in the collection and the value of facilitating cross-jurisdictional dialogue.

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About the Authors

John Bell is Professor of Law at the University of Cambridge.


Photograph courtesy of University of Cambridge.

Mark Elliott is Professor of Public Law at the University of Cambridge.


Photograph courtesy of University of Cambridge.

Jason NE Varuhas is Professor at Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Philip Murray is a former Fellow in Law at St John's College, Cambridge.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849469911
• ISBN 13: 9781849469913
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Bell John, Elliott Mark, Varuhas Jason NE, Murray Philip