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Soft law and public authorities : remedies and reform /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weeks, Greg (Law teacher) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pubishing Ltd, 2015.
Colección:Hart studies in comparative public law.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword ; Acknowledgements ; Contents ; Table of Cases ; Table of Legislation ; 1. Introduction ; Part I: The Rise of Soft Law: Definitions and Issues; 2. Defining Soft Law ; A. TYPES OF SOFT LAW ; B. DISCRETIONARY POWER ; 3. The Regulatory Purpose of Soft Law ; 4. The Regulatory Effect of Soft Law ; A. THE 'HARDENING' OF SOFT LAW ; B. TWO EXAMPLES OF THE REGULATORY EFFECTS OF SOFT LAW ; C. CONCLUSION ; Part II: Court-based Remedies; 5. Remedies Premised on Invalidity: The Province of Judicial Review ; A. JUDICIAL REVIEW AND THE RULE OF LAW ; B. DOES JUDICIAL REVIEW CIVILISE LAW OR POWER?
  • C. THE CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITS TO AUSTRALIAN JUDICIAL REVIEW D. THE INFLUENCE OF SOFT LAW ON JUDICIAL REVIEW PROCEEDINGS ; 6. Procedural Judicial Review Remedies ; A. POSSIBLE GROUNDS OF JUDICIAL REVIEW ; B. JUDICIAL REVIEW'S TRADITIONAL REMEDIAL SCOPE ; 7. Substantive Judicial Review Remedies ; A. CONTRASTING REMEDIAL MECHANISMS ; B. SUBSTANTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF LEGITIMATE EXPECTATIONS ; C. MONEY REMEDIES FOR INVALIDITY ; 8. Court-based Remedies: Compensation not Premised on Invalidity ; A. CAN PUBLIC AUTHORITIES EVER BE LIABLE IN TORT?
  • B. CAN PUBLIC AUTHORITIES EVER BE LIABLE IN TORT WHERE INDIVIDUALS WOULD NOT BE?C. CAN PUBLIC AUTHORITIES BE LIABLE FOR BOTH ACTS AND OMISSIONS IN BREACH OF COMMON LAW DUTY?; D. CAN PUBLIC AUTHORITIES BE LIABLE IN EQUITY WHERE AN ESTOPPEL IS RAISED?; 9. Private Law Liability: Example 1 ; A. WOULD A CLEAR STATUTORY DUTY TO ACT EXPOSE THE OFFICERS TO TORT LIABILITY? ; B. IS A MERE STATUTORY POWER TO ACT SUFFICIENT TO IMPOSE A DUTY OF CARE ON THE OFFICERS? ; C. CAN A PROVISION IN THE POLICE MANUAL ASSIST THE PLAINTIFF IN ESTABLISHING THAT THE OFFICERS OWED HIM A COMMON LAW DUTY OF CARE?
  • D. WHAT WOULD BE THE RESULT IF THE POLICE MANUAL WERE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, AND THE PLAINTIFF WAS AWARE OF ITS TERMS? E. WHAT WOULD BE THE RESULT IF THE POLICE MANUAL WERE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, BUT THE PLAINTIFF HAD NO SUBJECTIVE KNOWLEDGE OF ITS TERMS? ; 10. Private Law Liability and Remedies: Example 2 ; A. PRELIMINARY COMMENTS ON PRIVATE LAW LIABILITY FOR RELIANCE-BASED LOSS ; B. TORT LIABILITY ; C. EQUITABLE REMEDIES ; D. CONCLUSION ; Part III: Non-judicial Remedies; 11. The Ombudsman ; A. THE DUAL ROLES AND CONSTITUTIONAL LOCATION OF THE OMBUDSMAN.
  • B. THE OMBUDSMAN AND THE RULE OF LAW C. THE OMBUDSMAN'S FUNCTIONS AND REMEDIAL CAPABILITIES ; D. THE OMBUDSMAN'S CAPACITY TO REVIEW MALADMINISTRATION ; 12. Discretionary Payments ; A. PRACTICAL REMEDIES ; B. LEGAL BASIS OF DISCRETIONARY COMPENSATION SCHEMES ; C. CHALLENGING DECISIONS UNDER DISCRETIONARY COMPENSATION SCHEMES ; D. CONCLUSION ; 13. Conclusions ; A. THEMES ; B. FUTURE DIRECTIONS ; Index.