Provides an authoritative, jargon-free overview of all aspects of public law and how it affects the public administrator's job and responsibilities. Contributors include judges, legal experts, public administration scholars, and practicing administrators.PUBLIC LAW FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.
Faithful Execution of the Laws, Rule of Law, and Autonomy of Public Administration (C. Newland).
Public Law and Public Management: A Conceptual Framework (C. Kerwin).
The Importance of Public Law: New and Old Paradigms of Government Management (R. Moe).
PRACTICAL FRAMEWORKS OF PUBLIC LAW AND ADMINISTRATION.
The Law-Politics Dialogue: It's Not All Courts! (L. Fisher).
Legal Authorities and Administration Actions (R. Gilmour & H. Sellers).
Techniques of Legal Interpretation and Why They Matter (H. Ball).
Public Law as a Set of Tools for Management (P. Cooper).
WHO HAS THE POWER AND WHERE ARE THE LIMITS?
Separation of Powers with Checks and Balances: The Search for Workability (C. Newland).
Who Does the Work? Federalism and the Changing Nature of Intergovernmental Relations (L. O'Toole).
Local Implementation of Federal and Stat Programs: Preemption, Home Rule and Federalism (B. Cigler).
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND TODAY'S STREET-LEVEL CHALLENGES.
Executive Direct Administration: The Importance to Public Administration of Executive Orders and Proclamations (J. Utter & P. Cooper).
Ordinances, Statutes, and Democratic Discipline: A Local Perspective on Drafting Laws (D. Corliss).