| 'The Public Interest' in Regulation Contributor(s): Feintuck, Mike (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199269025 ISBN-13: 9780199269020 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $180.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2005 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Law Enforcement - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Political Science | Comparative Politics |
| Dewey: 320.601 |
| LCCN: 2004021420 |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.82" W x 9.44" (1.26 lbs) 296 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |