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'The public interest' in regulation /

The concept of 'the public interest' is often used in legal & political discourse, lending an air of legitimacy & respectability to exercises of power. But the term is rarely defined in any meaningful sense. This text considers abstract concepts of public interest from the literatu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Whitehouse, Mike, 1961-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Industrial laws and legislation > United States.
Trade regulation > United States.
Administrative procedure > United States.
Public interest > United States.
Industrial laws and legislation > Great Britain.
Trade regulation > Great Britain.
Administrative procedure > Great Britain.
Public interest > Great Britain.
Industrie > Droit > États-Unis.
Commerce > Réglementation > États-Unis.
Intérêt public > États-Unis.
Commerce > Réglementation > Grande-Bretagne.
Intérêt public > Grande-Bretagne.
Administrative procedure.
Industrial laws and legislation.
Public interest.
Trade regulation.
Great Britain.
United States.
Law, Politics & Government.
Law, General & Comparative.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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 comparisons
  • A coherent concept of the public interest in regulation
  • Wider applications of the public interest.