The Unity of Public Law?: Doctrinal, Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Unity of Public Law?: Doctrinal, Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Mark Elliott
Edited by Professor Jason NE Varuhas
Edited by Shona Wilson Stark
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:472
Dimensions(mm): Height 244,Width 169
ISBN/Barcode 9781509940264
ClassificationsDewey:342
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Hart Publishing
Publication Date 3 September 2020
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This major collection contains selected papers from the second Public Law Conference, an international conference hosted by the University of Cambridge in September 2016. The collection includes contributions by leading academics and judges from across the common law world, including senior judges from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK. The contributions engage with the theme of unity (and disunity) from a number of perspectives, offering a rich panoply of insights into public law which significantly carry forward public law thinking across common law jurisdictions, setting the agenda for future research and legal development. Part 1 of the volume contains chapters which offer doctrinal and theoretical perspectives. Some chapters seek to articulate a unifying framework for understanding public law, while others seek to demonstrate the plurality of public law through the method of legal taxonomy. A number of chapters analyse whether different fields such as human rights and administrative law are merging, with others considering specific unifying themes or concepts in public law. The chapters in Part 2 offer comparative perspectives, charting and analysing convergence and divergence across common law systems. Specific topics include standing, proportionality, human rights, remedies, use of foreign precedents, legal transplants, and disunity and unity among subnational jurisdictions. The collection will be of great interest to those working in public law.

Author Biography

Mark Elliott is Professor of Public Law at the University of Cambridge, and Fellow of St Catherine's College, Cambridge. Jason NE Varuhas is Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne. Shona Wilson Stark is Affiliated Lecturer at the Law Faculty at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge.