Administrative Justice and the Control of Bureaucracy

Informationen zum Autor Chris Gill is a lecturer at the School of Law, University of Glasgow, UK. Vorwort This book looks at the relationship between administrative justice institutions and government officials and considers the extent to which institutions control bureaucratic action. Zusammenfassung This book answers key questions about the relationship between administrative justice institutions and government officials through a new theoretical model, derived from an innovative analysis of interdisciplinary literature and an empirical case study.This groundbreaking model develops existing work on the control of bureaucracy by emphasising three under-explored areas: - the nature of the issues which citizens raise and the ways in which the matters are presented - the fundamental structure of government decision-making whereby different forms of organisation produces different responses to attempts by administrative justice institutions to achieve control- the operational practices of administrative justice institutions, where comparisons between three distinctive institutions help to identify features of institutional design that facilitate or prevent the exercise of control.The book concludes by assessing where the balance should be struck between legal control and government autonomy. Fundamentally, the model advanced in the book problematises the idea of government control by administrative justice institutions and argues for attention to be paid to the limits of legal control and the importance of context when assessing these issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Part 1: Theoretical Foundations 2. Bureaucratic Control in the Modern State3. Administrative Justice Institutions as Control Mechanisms: an Empirically Based Model Part 2: The Design and Operation of Administrative Justice Institutions 4. Controlling Through Cases: Inherent Limitations of Control5. Purpose, Process, and Power: Design Variables and the Control Function6. Norms, Principles, and Standards: Control to What End? Part 3: Bureaucratic Decision-Making in Context 7. Law, Policy, and Process: the Importance of Bureaucratic Contexts8. Bureaucratic Responses: Perceptions, Responses, and Structures9. A Web of Control: Rival Influences and the Place of Administrative Justice10. Conclusion: Designing for Control?...

Préface
This book looks at the relationship between administrative justice institutions and government officials and considers the extent to which institutions control bureaucratic action.

Auteur
Chris Gill is a lecturer at the School of Law, University of Glasgow, UK.

Résumé
This book answers key questions about the relationship between administrative justice institutions and government officials through a new theoretical model, derived from an innovative analysis of interdisciplinary literature and an empirical case study. This groundbreaking model develops existing work on the control of bureaucracy by emphasising three under-explored areas: - the nature of the issues which citizens raise and the ways in which the matters are presented - the fundamental structure of government decision-making whereby different forms of organisation produces different responses to attempts by administrative justice institutions to achieve control - the operational practices of administrative justice institutions, where comparisons between three distinctive institutions help to identify features of institutional design that facilitate or prevent the exercise of control. The book concludes by assessing where the balance should be struck between legal control and government autonomy. Fundamentally, the model advanced in the book problematises the idea of government control by administrative justice institutions and argues for attention to be paid to the limits of legal control and the importance of context when assessing these issues.

Contenu

1. Introduction Part 1: Theoretical Foundations
   2. Bureaucratic Control in the Modern State 3. Administrative Justice Institutions as Control Mechanisms: an Empirically Based Model Part 2: The Design and Operation of Administrative Justice Institutions
      4. Controlling Through Cases: Inherent Limitations of Control 5. Purpose, Process, and Power: Design Variables and the Control Function 6. Norms, Principles, and Standards: Control to What End? Part 3: Bureaucratic Decision-Making in Context
         7. Law, Policy, and Process: the Importance of Bureaucratic Contexts 8. Bureaucratic Responses: Perceptions, Responses, and Structures 9. A Web of Control: Rival Influences and the Place of Administrative Justice 10. Conclusion: Designing for Control?