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Law And Public Administration In Ireland, Fiona Donson, Darren O'Donovan
Law And Public Administration In Ireland, Fiona Donson, Darren O'Donovan
Darren O'Donovan
Extract: It is often said that administrative law is notoriously difficult to study and to teach because its doctrines are abstract and nuanced, moving across a wide array of statutes and aspects of legal practice. This book is an attempt to defend administrative law as an exciting and dynamic subject which is central to meeting the future challenges facing Irish public governance. Law and Public Administration in Ireland inevitably focuses heavily upon judicial review, as the central aspect of the legal regulation of governance, providing a firm backstop against government abuse of power. In our account of the grounds of …
Critical Junctures: Regulatory Failures, Ireland's Administrative State And The Office Of The Ombudsman, Fiona Donson, Darren O'Donovan
Critical Junctures: Regulatory Failures, Ireland's Administrative State And The Office Of The Ombudsman, Fiona Donson, Darren O'Donovan
Darren O'Donovan
Extract: In the aftermath of global financial crisis, the importance of effective regulatory interventions by government has come into sharp relief. The failure of public administration and political oversight that underwrote the collapse of the Irish economy in 2008 has provoked widespread reflection on the need for increased administrative review in the country. This has extended beyond the specific financial sphere, to broader public law reform targeting executive power by building an improved parliamentary culture, greater independent oversight and concentrating democratic participation. In this article, we critique the Irish regulatory state through the prism of the pressures, conflicts and reforms …