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Fiduciary Law And The Law Of Public Office, Ethan J. Leib, Andrew Kent
Fiduciary Law And The Law Of Public Office, Ethan J. Leib, Andrew Kent
William & Mary Law Review
A law of public office crystallized in Anglo-American law in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This body of law—defined and enforced through a mix of oaths, statutes, criminal and civil case law, impeachments, and legislative investigations—imposed core duties on holders of public executive offices: officials needed to serve the public good, not their own private interests; were barred from acting ultra vires; could often be required to account to the public for their conduct in office; and needed to act with impartiality, honesty, and diligence. Officeholding came to be viewed as conditional, with officers removable for misdeeds. These substantive duties …
Keeping The Promise Of Public Fiduciary Theory: A Reply To Leib And Galoob, Evan J. Criddle, Evan Fox-Decent
Keeping The Promise Of Public Fiduciary Theory: A Reply To Leib And Galoob, Evan J. Criddle, Evan Fox-Decent
Evan J. Criddle
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Keeping The Promise Of Public Fiduciary Theory: A Reply To Leib And Galoob, Evan J. Criddle, Evan Fox-Decent
Keeping The Promise Of Public Fiduciary Theory: A Reply To Leib And Galoob, Evan J. Criddle, Evan Fox-Decent
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