Synopses & Reviews
Presenting case studies from various parts of the world -- the United States, Canada, Australia, Israel, and the United Kingdom -- this landmark text offers an interdisciplinary empirical perspective on judicial review's impact on bureaucracies. Individual chapters consider fundamental conceptual and methodological issues. The volume will significantly advance the research agenda concerning judicial review and its relationship to social change.
Review
"...a fine overview of the state of research in the law and society tradition with a nod to political science and administrative law." Perspectives on Politics, Susan Rose-Ackerman, Yale University
Synopsis
Leading international scholars from political science and law/socio-legal studies present new research which focuses on the relationship between judicial review and bureaucratic behaviour. A large number of empirical case studies are presented from various parts of the world to offer an international, interdisciplinary and empirical perspective.
Synopsis
A collection of essays which focus on the relationship between judicial review and bureaucratic behaviour.
Synopsis
International scholars from political science and law/socio-legal studies present new research which focuses on the relationship between judicial review and bureaucratic behaviour. Individual chapters consider fundamental conceptual and methodological issues, in addition to presenting empirical case studies from various parts of the world: the United States, Canada, Australia, Israel, and the United Kingdom. This is a landmark text offering an international, interdisciplinary and empirical perspective on judicial review's impact on bureaucracies. It will significantly advance the research agenda concerning judicial review and its relationship to social change.
Synopsis
A collection of essays which focus on the relationship between judicial review and bureaucratic behaviour.
About the Author
Dr. Marc Hertogh is Associate Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at the Faculty of Law, Tilburg University, The Netherlands.Dr Simon Halliday is Nicholas de B. Katzenbach Research Fellow at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford.
Table of Contents
Introduction Marc Hertogh and Simon Halliday; 1. Understanding judicial review and its impact Peter Cane; 2. Judicial review and bureaucratic impact: conceptual issues in researching the impact of judicial review on government bureaucracies Maurice Sunkin; 3. Studying bureaucratic implementation of judicial polices in the U.S.: conceptual and methodological approaches Bradley C. Canon; 4. Impact studies in the UK Genevra Riachardson; 5. The politics of soft law: how judicial decisions influence bureaucratic discretion in Canada Lorne Sossin; 6. The operation of judicial review in Australia Robin Creyke and John McMillan; 7. Legalizing the unlegalizeable: terrorism, secret services and judicial review in Israel 1970-2001 Yoav Dotan; 8. Implementing court orders: judges as executives Malcolm M. Feeley; 9. Judicial review and bureaucratic impact: the future of EU administrative law Martin Shapiro; 10. Judicial review and bureaucratic impact in future research Marc Hertogh and Simon Halliday.