Public Law within Government: Sustaining the Art of the Possible

Public Law within Government: Sustaining the Art of the Possible

by T. P. B. Rattenbury
Public Law within Government: Sustaining the Art of the Possible

Public Law within Government: Sustaining the Art of the Possible

by T. P. B. Rattenbury

Paperback(1st ed. 2008)

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Overview

Drawing on rich source material - one local authority's involvement in the epic central/local confrontation over local government spending in 1980s England - this book develops a multifaceted and widely applicable analysis of public law within government as a process of 'sustaining the art of the possible'.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781349362813
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date: 01/01/2008
Edition description: 1st ed. 2008
Pages: 250
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

T. P. B. RATTENBURY is a long-serving government lawyer with a special interest in public law. He qualified with an English local authority and has worked for many years for a Canadian provincial government, where his practice revolves around law reform, legislative and public law issues.

Table of Contents

Introduction The Ultra Vires Rule: Its Substance and Significance Out with the Old: The 1980 Budget In with the New: The 1981 Budget A Heightened Awareness: The 1982 Budget Leftward, Ho: The 1983 Budget Pressing Ahead: The 1984 Budget Rate-Capped and Resistant: The 1985 Budget Aftermath: The 1986 Budget Victim of Circumstance: The 1987 Budget 'Policy-Capped': The 1988 Budget Out with the Old, Again: The 1989 Budget and Beyond Conclusion
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