Risk regulation and administrative constitutionalism /

The regulation of environmental and public health risks is a controversial area of government activity. This book studies the public law dimension of these controversies, particularly the interrelationship between risk regulation, public law and theories of legitimate administrative governance.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fisher, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Charlotte)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart, 2007.
Temas:
Administrative law.
Environmental risk assessment > Law and legislation.
Environmental risk assessment > Government policy.
Health risk assessment > Government policy.
Risk management > Government policy.
Risk assessment > Government policy.
Environnement > Évaluation du risque > Politique gouvernementale.
Risques pour la santé > Évaluation > Politique gouvernementale.
Gestion du risque > Politique gouvernementale.
Évaluation du risque > Politique gouvernementale.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Administrative law
Environmental risk assessment > Government policy
Environmental risk assessment > Law and legislation
Health risk assessment > Government policy
Risk assessment > Government policy
Risk management > Government policy
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Table of Abbreviations
  • Table of Cases
  • Table of Legislation
  • Introduction
  • 1. Risk Evaluation through the Lens of Administrative Constitutionalism
  • I. The Science/Democracy Dichotomy in Regulating Technological Risk
  • II. Technological Risk, Public Administration, and Administrative Constitutionalism
  • III. Two Paradigms of Administrative Constitutionalism in the Risk Regulation Context
  • IV. Administrative Constitutionalism as a Form of Legal Culture
  • V. An Example: The Precautionary Principle and Administrative Constitutionalism
  • VI. Conclusion
  • Part One. Administrative Constitutionalism in National Legal Cultures
  • Introduction to Administrative Constitutionalism in National Legal Cultures
  • I. Nature of Administrative Constitutionalism
  • II. The Role of Law
  • III. The Relationship Between Legal Concepts and the Regulatory Regimes for Technological Risk Evaluation
  • IV. Conclusion
  • 2. BSE, Expertise, and Administrative Constitutionalism: Examining the Role of the Southwood Working Party
  • I. Thinking of BSE in Terms of Administrative Constitutionalism
  • II. Technological Risk Regulation and Administrative Constitutionalism in the UK: A Brief History
  • III. The Administrative Constitutionalism Context of the BSE Crisis
  • IV. The Southwood Working Party
  • V. After Southwood
  • VI. Conclusions
  • 3. Hard Looks and Substantial Evidence: Scope of Review of US Risk Regulation Rule-making in the 1970s
  • I. Scope of Review and Administrative Constitutionalismin Historical Perspective
  • II. Administrative Constitutionalism and Risk Regulation Regimes in the Early 1970s
  • III. Hard Look Review
  • IV. Substantial Evidence and the Occupational Safety and Health Act
  • V. Scope of Review under the RI Paradigm
  • VI. Reflections
  • VII. Conclusion
  • 4. The Precautionary Principle and Merits Review in Australia
  • I.

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