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The economic constitution / Tony Prosser.
LIBRA KD3934 .P76 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Prosser, Tony.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constitutional law--Great Britain.
- Constitutional law.
- Law--Economic aspects.
- Great Britain.
- Law--Economic aspects--Great Britain.
- Law.
- Great Britain--Economic policy.
- Economic policy.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 277 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Contents:
- 1 Economic Constitutions 1
- Government and economic management 3
- Economic constitutions 7
- The institutional map 14
- The normative approach 16
- 2 A Map of the Institutions 22
- The major institutions of economic governance 22
- Arm's length bodies 38
- Executive agencies and related bodies 42
- Devolved Government 47
- Local government 49
- Scrutiny and accountability: an institutional introduction 50
- Conclusion 55
- 3 The International Context 58
- The European Union 59
- The World Trade Organization and GATS 74
- The Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights 79
- The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 81
- The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund 82
- Conclusion 82
- 4 'Getting and Spending' 1: Taxation and Public Borrowing 84
- Introduction 84
- Taxation 85
- Government borrowing 103
- Conclusions 108
- 5 Getting and Spending' 2: Public Expenditure 110
- Introduction 110
- The Constitution: Parliament 111
- The Constitution: the courts 114
- Planning public expenditure 116
- Audit and scrutiny of spending 125
- Conclusion 136
- 6 Monetary Policy and the Bank of England 138
- Introduction 138
- constitutional Background 138
- The Bank of England and monetary policy 144
- Conclusions 155
- 7 The Regulation of Financial Services 157
- Introduction 157
- International regulation 157
- EU regulations of financial services 160
- Financial services regulation in the UK 166
- Conclusions 181
- 8 State Aid, Government Shareholdings, and Industrial Policy 183
- Introduction 183
- The EU state aid regime 185
- Public ownership 191
- Government support for industry 200
- Conclusion 209
- 9 Government and Contract 211
- Introduction 211
- Constitutional principle 211
- European Union public procurement law 217
- The World Trade Organization and the Agreement on Government Procurement 226
- Procurement in the UK 227
- The Private Finance Initiative 230
- Defence procurement 233
- Conclusion 238
- 10 Conclusion: The Plural Constitution 240
- The economic constitution as a substantive constraint 240
- The economic constitution and institutional coherence 245
- The economic constitution and deliberation 248
- The plural constitution 250.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [254]-271) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199644537
- 0199644535
- OCLC:
- 864846380
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