'The public interest' in regulation / by Mike Feintuck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitehouse, Mike, 1961-

Contributor:

George R. Fink Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial laws and legislation--United States.

Industrial laws and legislation.

Public interest.

United States.

Trade regulation--United States.

Trade regulation.

Administrative procedure--United States.

Administrative procedure.

Public interest--United States.

Industrial laws and legislation--Great Britain.

Great Britain.

Trade regulation--Great Britain.

Administrative procedure--Great Britain.

Public interest--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

viii, 280 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Summary:

The concept of "the public interest" is often used in legal and political discourse, lending an air of legitimacy and respectability to exercises of power. However the term is rarely defined in any meaningful sense. This book considers abstract concepts of public interest from the literature of law, political science, and economics. Using a series of case-studies from Britain and the USA, Feintuck explores how the concept is used in practice. Finally, Feintuck considers the legal forms in which the public interest might be manifested to offer legitimate and effective protection to vulnerable democratic values by the regulation of private power.

Contents:

How is the public interest determined?

Towards a democratic vision of the public interest

The public interest in regulatory practice : the UK

The public interest in regulatory practice : the USA

Anglo-American comparisions

A coherent concept of the public interest in regulation

Wider applications of the public interest.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-271) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George R. Fink Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0199269025

OCLC:

56559129