This major collection contains selected papers from the second Public Law Conference, an international conference hosted by the University of Cambridge in September 2016. The collection includes contributions by leading academics and judges from across the common law world, including senior judges from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK. The contributions engage with the theme of unity (and disunity) from a number of perspectives, offering a rich panoply of insights into public law which significantly carry forward public law thinking across common law jurisdictions, setting the agenda for future research and legal development. Part 1 of the volume contains chapters which offer doctrinal and theoretical perspectives. Some chapters seek to articulate a unifying framework for understanding public law, while others seek to demonstrate the plurality of public law through the method of legal taxonomy. A number of chapters analyse whether different fields such as human rights and administrative law are merging, with others considering specific unifying themes or concepts in public law. The chapters in Part 2 offer comparative perspectives, charting and analysing convergence and divergence across common law systems. Specific topics include standing, proportionality, human rights, remedies, use of foreign precedents, legal transplants, and disunity and unity among subnational jurisdictions. The collection will be of great interest to those working in public law.
Mark Elliott is Professor of Public Law at the University of Cambridge, and Fellow of St Catherine's College, Cambridge.Jason NE Varuhas is Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne.Shona Wilson Stark is Affiliated Lecturer at the Law Faculty at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge.
1. Introduction Mark Elliott, Jason NE Varuhas and Shona Wilson Stark2. The Unity of Public Law? Dame Sian EliasPart 1. Doctrinal and Theoretical Perspectives3. Taxonomy and Public Law Jason NE Varuhas4. On Being Reasonably Proportionate Audrey Macklin5. Administrative Law: Characteristics, Legitimacy, Unity Paul Daly6. Unity, Disunity and Vacuity: Constitutional Adjudication and the Common Law Roger Masterman and Se-shauna Wheatle7. A Matter of Feel? Public Powers and Functions in South Africa Cora Hoexter8. Fault and Accountability in Public Law Ellen Rock9. Interpretive Presumptions Assessed against Legislators’ Understanding Hanna Wilberg10. ‘It All Depends on the Circumstances’: The Decline of Doctrine on the Grounds and Intensity of Review David StratasPart 2. Comparative Perspectives11. The Globalisation of Public Law: A Quilting of Legalities Robert French AC12. Comparative Public Law in the UK Supreme Court Robert Reed13. Transplants in Public Law Cheryl Saunders14. Unity and Diversity in the United Kingdom’s Territorial Constitution Aileen McHarg15. Moving Beyond the Constitutionalism/Democracy Dilemma: ‘Commonwealth Model’ Scholarship and the Fixation on Legislative Compliance Claudia Geiringer16. Vindicatory Damages for Violation of Constitutional Rights: A Comparative Approach Johannes Chan17. Decolonising Jurisprudence: Public Interest Standing in New Constitutional Orders Elizabeth A O’Loughlin18. Constitutional Convergence? Some Lessons from Proportionality Anne Carter19. Jurisdictional Error: Do We Really Need It? Janina Boughey and Lisa Burton Crawford
Lonely Planet, Anna Richards, Alexis Averbuck, Joel Balsam, Oliver Berry, Celeste Brash, Stuart Butler, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Gregor Clark, Mark Elliott, Steve Fallon, Anita Isalska, Catherine Le Nevez, Christopher Pitts, Daniel Robinson, Regis St Louis, Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Tasmin Waby, Nicola Williams
Lonely Planet, Alexis Averbuck, Mark Baker, Gregor Clark, Peter Dragicevich, Mark Elliott, Steve Fallon, Duncan Garwood, Anthony Ham, Anita Isalska, Catherine Le Nevez, Jessica Lee, Vesna Maric, Korina Miller, MaSovaida Morgan, Leonid Ragozin, Kevin Raub, Brendan Sainsbury, Kerry Walker, Nicola Williams, Neil Wilson
Lonely Planet, Anthony Ham, Egill Bjarnason, Sean Connolly, Marc Di Duca, Mark Elliott, Gemma Graham, Paula Hotti, Anna Kaminski, Virginia Maxwell, Adrienne Murray Nielsen, John Noble, Thomas O'Malley, Kevin Raub, Simon Richmond, Maddy Savage, Barbara Woolsey