The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Administrative Law

Peter Cane divided his academic career between Corpus Christi College in the University of Oxford (1978-1997) and The Australian National University (1997-2016), where he held the posts of Professor and Distinguished Professor of Law. In 'retirement' he is a Senior Research Fellow of Christ's College Cambridge (where his wife, Jane Stapleton, is Master) and Yorke Distinguished Visiting Fellow in the Cambridge University Law Faculty. He is a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy and author of books including Controlling Administrative Power: An Historical Comparison.Herwig C.H. Hofmann is Professor of European and Transnational Public Law and head of the University of Luxembourg's Law Department. He was formerly a Lecturer in Law at Trinity College Dublin and has held visiting positions at institutions in Europe, the US, and Asia. He is the author and co-author of books in the field of EU and comparative public law. Recent volumes include: Administrative Law and Politics of the European Union, Metamorphosis of the European Economic Constitution, Specialised Administrative Law of the European Union, and State Aid Law of the European Union. Hofmann is one of the coordinators of the Research Network on European Administrative Law (ReNEUAL) and one of the co-authors of the ReNEUAL Model Rules on EU Administrative Procedure.Eric C. Ip is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and a Fellow of the Asian Institute of International Financial Law. He is the author of Hybrid Constitutionalism: The Politics of Constitutional Review in the Chinese Special Administrative Regions, and Law and Justice in Hong Kong. Prior to joining HKU, he taught at University College London and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he served as Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Law.Peter L. Lindseth is the Olimpiad S. Ioffe Professor of International and Comparative Law at the University of Connecticut School of Law, where he is also Director of International Programs and Co-Director of the Program in Corporate and Regulatory Compliance. His research focuses on comparative administrative law, European integration, and legal history. His books include Power and Legitimacy: Reconciling Europe and the Nation-State, and his articles have appeared in the Columbia Law Review, Contemporary European History, the European Law Journal, and the Yale Law Journal, among other publications. He holds a B.A. and J.D. from Cornell and a Ph.D. in European history from Columbia.

• Peter Cane, Herwig C H Hofmann, Eric C Ip, and Peter L Lindseth: Editors' PrefacePART I: Beginnings1: Peter Cane: An Anglo-American Tradition2: Jean-Louis Mestre: France: The Vicissitudes of a Tradition3: Karl-Peter Sommermann: The Germanic Tradition of Comparative Administrative Law4: Albert HY Chen: A Chinese Tradition5: Chibli Mallat: A Middle Eastern TraditionPART II: Methodology6: Marco D'Alberti: Choosing Units of Comparison7: Jacques Ziller: Comparison within Multi-Level Polities and Governance Regimes8: Edoardo Chiti: Negotiating Language Barriers9: Anthony Michael Bertelli and Fiona Cece: Comparative Administrative Law and Public Administration10: Stefanie A Lindquist and David M Searle: Comparative Administrative Law: The View from Political Science11: Nuno Garoupa and Sofia Amaral-Garcia: Comparative Administrative Law and Economics12: Bernardo Sordi: The Time Dimension in Comparative Research13: Mariana Mota Prado: Diffusion, Reception and TransplantationPART III: Governmental Regimes14: Eric C Ip: Parliamentary Regimes15: Gabriel Bocksang Hola: Presidential Regimes16: Sophie Boyron: Semi-Presidentialism: The Rise of an 'Accidental' Model17: Po Jen YAP: Authoritarian Regimes18: Giacinto della Cananea: The De-nationalization of Administrative Law Under the Influence of International and Supranational OrganizationsPART IV: Basic Concepts19: Administrative Power20: Peter Strauss: Separation of Powers in Comparative Perspective: How Much Protection for the Rule of Law?21: Giulio Napolitano: Rule of Law22: Athanasios Psygkas: Accountability23: Jean-Bernard Auby: Public/Private24: Victor V Ramraj: Democracy and AuthoritarianismPART V: Constituting and Allocating Administrative PowerSection 1: Institutions25: Matthias Ruffert: National Executives and Bureaucracies26: Joana Mendes: The EU Administrative Institutions, Their Law and Legal ScholarshipSection 2: Functions27: Kevin M Stack: Rulemaking Regimes in the Modern State28: Michael Asimow: A Comparative Approach to Administrative Adjudication29: Colin Scott: Implementation: Facilitating and Overseeing Public Services at Street Level30: Elizabeth Fisher: Through 'Thick' and 'Thin': Comparison in Administrative Law and Regulatory Studies Scholarship31: Laura A Dickinson: Administrative Law Values and National Security Functions: Military Detention in the United States and the United Kingdom32: Michèle Finck: Automated Decision-Making and Administrative Law33: Indra Spiecker Genannt Doehmann: Information ManagementPART VI: Controlling Administrative Power34: Gillian E Metzger: Legislatures, Executives and Political Control of Government35: Li-ann Thio: Courts and Judicial Review36: Kieran Bradley: Tribunals and Adjudication37: Ian Harden: Ombudsmen and Complaint-Handling38: Alex Brenninkmeijer, Laura Frederika Lalikova, and Dylan Siry: Public Audit Accountability39: Duncan Fairgrieve: Criminal and Civil LiabilityPART VII: Legal Norms and Values of Administration40: Javier Barnes: Administrative Procedure41: Hanna Wilberg: Judicial Review of Administrative Reasoning Processes42: Paul Craig: Legality: Six Views of the Cathedral43: Paul Daly: Facticity: Judicial Review of Factual Error in Comparative Perspective44: Jud Mathews: Reasonableness and Proportionality45: Jane Reichel: Openness and Transparency46: Francesca Bignami: Material Liberty and the Administrative State: Market and Social Rights in American and German LawPART VIII: Developing the Field47: Yoav Dotan: The Common Real-Life Reference Point Methodology; or:

[T]his book examines, discusses and widens the understanding of a broad range of historical, contemporary, and future issues in administrative law ... The handbook is also packed with thought-provoking facts and instructions for research. It analyses and expands methodologies and cross-system content, and serves as a guide to the study of global legal systems. The relationship between comparative administrative law methodologies and other associated fields, such as political science, is also explored in a way that promotes interdisciplinary research ... The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Administrative Law will be of great interest to comparative administrative lawyers, a valuable addition for public lawyers and highly recommended reading for students.