Public Administration and Expertise in Democratic Governments - Comparative Public Law in the Twenty-First Century

This collection deals with challenges confronting public law and public administration in twenty-first century democracies across the world. It draws together contributions from leading scholars, examining cutting-edge topics, and projecting the scholarship forward. It emphasizes the importance both of justifying executive policymaking to citizens and of drawing on bureaucratic expertise and professional competence. Contributors examine the role of courts and argue for new forms of public participation that can incorporate democratic values into executive-branch policymaking. Finally, the work confronts problems in the administration of the criminal law that are generating increased public concern. Building on Rose-Ackerman's scholarship, writers compare the American experience with contemporary developments in other leading democracies - in particular, Germany, France, the EU, Canada, and Latin America. The work will be an invaluable resource for academics, researchers and policymakers working in the areas of Administrative Law, Public Law, and Political Science.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. What's Democratic about Administration? 3. The Lawfulness of Public Law in Germany and United States; 4. Administrative Resilience; 5. Bureaucrats as Temporary Leaders; 6. The Creation of the Modern American Civil Service and the (Constitutional) Limits of German Influence; 7. The Neoliberal Turn of Contemporary French Administrative Law; 8. Law and Monetary Policy: From Limited Judicial Review to Parliamentary Scrutiny in the European Monetary Union; 9. Administrative Democracy and Federalism: The US, the EU, and Canada; 10. From Elections to Autocracy: Can Strategic Decentralization Bring Us Back? 11. Judicial Review of the Executive in Hyper-Presidential Regimes; 12. Equal versus Efficient Security against Crime: Differences and Unintended Consequences; 13. Administration and Democracy

About the author

Susan Rose-Ackerman is Henry R. Luce Professor Emeritus of Law and Political Science, Yale University. She has published widely on comparative administrative law and the political economy of corruption.

Product details

• Assisted by: Rose-Ackerman Susan (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 26.12.2025
• EAN: 9781032542676
• ISBN: 978-1-032-54267-6
• No. of pages: 266
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Research in Public Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; LAW / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice, LAW / Public, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch, LAW / Comparative, LAW / Government / General, Public Administration, comparative law, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Public administration / Public policy