Download or read book Public Inquiries written by Jason Beer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-07-28 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Inquiries is written and edited by expert practitioners who have appeared in some of the most significant public inquiry cases over the last decade. Bringing together their wealth of practical experience, this new work functions as a complete handbook for all practitioners in this field.
Download or read book Public Inquiry Law written by Darren Lehane and published by Bloomsbury Professional. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Inquiry Law provides an overview of the different types of public inquiry used in Ireland and their genesis. It looks at the key cases and legislation that have shaped such inquiries in Ireland. The book also looks at each of the three main types of public inquiry - parliamentary inquiries, commissions of investigation and tribunals of inquiry - and examines the terms or reference of each, proceedings, costs, challenges to those inquiries, etc. It also examines public inquiries in other common law jurisdictions such as the UK, New Zealand and Australia. Contents: Introduction: Parliamentary Inquiries; The Parnell Commission; The Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act 1921; The operation of that act in Ireland prior to 1979; The In Re Haughey case and what that changed; The Abbeylara case and how that inhibited parliamentary inquiries; Bespoke public inquiries and non-statutory inquiries; Reforming public inquiries, the Commissions of Inquiry Act 2004, the Law Reform Commission, the Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005; Reforming Parliamentary Inquiries - the 30th amendment and the Houses of the Oireachtas Act 2013; Reforming inquiries in other jurisdictions, the UK, New Zealand, Canada and Australia; Parliamentary Inquiries: Types of Inquiry that may be conducted; Establishment; Powers of Compellability, Privileges and Immunities; Fair Procedures; Reports; Legal Costs; Challenging the findings; Commissions of Investigation: Establishment; Terms of Reference; Membership; Proceedings; Legal Representation; Powers and enforcement, Privileges and Immunities; Reports; Legal Costs; Challenging the findings; Tribunals of Inquiry: Establishment; Terms of Reference; Membership; Proceedings; Legal Representation; Powers and enforcement, Privileges and Immunities; Reports; Legal Costs; Challenging the findings; Public Inquiries in the UK; Public Inquiries in New Zealand; Public Inquiries in Australia; Appendices: The Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act 2013; The Commissions of Investigation Act 2004; The Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005. [Subject: Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Public Law, Irish Law]
Download or read book The Conduct of Public Inquiries written by Ed Ratushny and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first comprehensive, integrated, and thorough exposition of the public inquiry as a governmental, legal and social institution. It examines the legal framework, the role of the commissioner and legal counsel, the rights and obligations of individuals who may be affected and its relationship to government, the media and the public.
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Administrative Justice written by Marc Hertogh and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 745 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The core animating feature of administrative justice scholarship is the desire to understand how justice is achieved through the delivery of public services and the actions, inactions, and decision-making of administrative bodies. The study of administrative justice also encompasses the redress systems by which people can challenge administrative bodies to seek the correction of injustices. For a long time now, scholars have been interested in administrative justice, but without necessarily framing their work as such. Rather than existing under the rubric of administrative justice, much of the research undertaken has existed within sub-categories of disciplines, such as law, sociology, public policy, politics, and public administration. Consequently, although aspects of the topic have attracted rich contributions across such disciplines, administrative justice has rarely been studied or taught in a manner that integrates these areas of research more systematically. This Handbook signals a major change of approach. Drawing together a group of world-leading scholars of administrative justice from a range of disciplines, The Oxford Handbook of Administrative Justice shows how administrative justice is a vibrant, complex, and contested field that is best understood as an area of inquiry in its own right, rather than through traditional disciplinary silos"--
Download or read book Public Inquiries in Canada written by Ronda Bessner and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: « Public inquiries have an enormous impact on public policy in Canada, serving as fact-finder, investigator of systemic failures, and proposer of reforms in diverse areas of public concern. To accomplish all these varied and important objectives, the public inquiry has of necessity become a creative and flexible process. Assembling many voices and perspectives, Public Inquiries in Canada: Law and Practice, 2nd Edition provides guidance on how best to conduct the public inquiry process from beginning to end. Practical in tone and providing a thorough overview of all stages of the inquiry process, Public Inquiries in Canada: Law and Practice, 2nd Edition is essential reading for all those involved in a public inquiry: lawyers, commissioners of inquiries (including judges), members of a commission team, witnesses, government staff, and the media. Even members of the public who have not been directly affected by the events leading to a public inquiry will find this book to contain a compelling discussion of what has become a vital tool in Canadian public policy. »--Page 4 de la couverture.
Download or read book The Practical Guide to Public Inquiries written by Isabelle Mitchell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical guide provides legal practitioners, participants, witnesses and all those with an interest in public inquiries, with stage-by-stage 'hands on' guidance on the process of public inquiries into matters of public concern. With its user-friendly format of summaries, checklists, 'top tips' and flow charts, this book looks at the setting up of a public inquiry through to its close. It includes information on: - the appointment of the chair and inquiry team; - the choice and significance of the venue; - the drawing up of inquiry procedures, protocols and rulings; - the appointment and role of core participants; - evidence taking; - conducting and attending hearings; - the role of experts; - the writing and publication of the inquiry report. Drawing on the authors' extensive experience as public inquiry lawyers, working on inquiries such as the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Leveson Inquiry and Grenfell Tower Inquiry, together with contributions from a number of other eminent practitioners in the field, this book provides valuable, comprehensive guidance on the public inquiry process.
Download or read book Public Inquiries written by Louis Blom-Cooper and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-20 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the twentieth century, administrations have wrestled with allaying public concern over national disasters and social scandals. This book seeks to describe historically the use of public inquiries, and demonstrates why their methods continued to deploy until 1998 the ingrained habits of lawyers, particularly by issuing warning letters in order to safeguard witnesses who might be to blame. Under the influence of Lord Justice Salmon, the vital concern about systems and services allotted to social problems was relegated to the identification of individual blameworthiness. The book explains why the last inquiry under that system, into the events of 'Bloody Sunday' under Lord Saville's chairmanship, cost £200 million and took twelve and a half years (instead of two years). 'Never again', was the Government's muted cry as the method of investigating the public concern was eventually replaced by the Inquiries Act 2005, by common consent a good piece of legislation. The overriding principle of fairness to witnesses was confirmed by Parliament to those who are 'core participants' to the event, but with limited rights to participate. The public inquiry, the author asserts, is now publicly administered as a Commission of Inquiry, and is correctly regarded as a branch of public administration that focuses on the systemic question of what went wrong, as opposed to which individuals were to blame.
Download or read book The Journal of Public Inquiry written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Royal Commissions and Public Inquiries in Australia written by Scott Prasser and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While there have been many different studies on public inquiries, Royal Commissions and Public Inquiries in Australia provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of public inquiries in Australia. It is based on rigorous and in-depth analysis spanning several decades, and has required patient and painstaking work in defining and identifying different federal public inquiries and monitoring their performance over the last 100 years. ROYAL COMMISSIONS AND PUBLIC INQUIRIES IN AUSTRALIA will be of interest to all who seek to better understand the particular role of public inquiries and what their continued appointment tells us about trends in Australian government generally.' From the Foreword by Professor John Wanna, The Sir John Bunting Professor of Public Administration, Australian National University. ROYAL COMMISSIONS AND PUBLIC INQUIRIES IN AUSTRALIA provides the first comprehensive overview of the extent, use and impact of Commonwealth public inquiries appointed since 1901. Specifically, this new book:* defines 'public inquiries,' and delineates them from other advisory bodies;* details trends in public inquiry numbers since Federation and compares these to overseas jurisdictions;* classifies the different types and forms of public inquiries;* explains public inquiry procedures, powers and associated legislation;* analyses why public inquiries are appointed and their roles in the political system;* assesses their impact on public policy; and,* explores the continuing and future roles of public inquiries. Covering public inquiries appointed by the Commonwealth government since Federation, particular attention is given to those public inquiries appointed during the last thirty years, when inquiry numbers increased markedly. References to numerous inquiries throughout the book are supplemented by detailed case studies of key public inquiries, including royal commissions and appointed by different governments. This authoritative book has been written by an expert in the field. Lecturer Dr Scott Prasser has worked in federal and state governments in senior policy and research advisory positions. ROYAL COMMISSIONS AND PUBLIC INQUIRIES IN AUSTRALIA will be a valuable reference for those interested in a widely used, but often neglected, advisory instrument of modern government that continues to influence many areas of public policy.
Download or read book The Practical Guide to Public Inquiries written by Isabelle Mitchell and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This practical guide provides legal practitioners, participants, witnesses and all those interested in the public inquiry process, stage-by-stage 'hands on' guidance to the process of public inquiries into matters of public concern. With its user-friendly format of summaries, checklists, 'top tips' and flow charts, this book, the first practical guide to public inquiries, provides guidance from the setting up of a public inquiry through to its close. It includes information on: - the appointment of the chairman and inquiry team; - the choice and significance of the venue; - the drawing up of inquiry procedures, protocols and rulings; - the appointment and role of core participants; - evidence taking; - conducting and attending hearings; - the role of experts; - the writing and publication of the inquiry report. Drawing on the authors' extensive experience as public inquiry lawyers, working on inquiries such as the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Leveson Inquiry and Grenfell Tower Inquiry, together with contributions from a number of other eminent practitioners in the field, this book provides valuable, comprehensive guidance on the public inquiry process"...
Download or read book The Practical Guide to Public Inquiries written by Isabelle Mitchell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical guide provides legal practitioners, participants, witnesses and all those with an interest in public inquiries, with stage-by-stage 'hands on' guidance on the process of public inquiries into matters of public concern. With its user-friendly format of summaries, checklists, 'top tips' and flow charts, this book looks at the setting up of a public inquiry through to its close. It includes information on: - the appointment of the chair and inquiry team; - the choice and significance of the venue; - the drawing up of inquiry procedures, protocols and rulings; - the appointment and role of core participants; - evidence taking; - conducting and attending hearings; - the role of experts; - the writing and publication of the inquiry report. Drawing on the authors' extensive experience as public inquiry lawyers, working on inquiries such as the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Leveson Inquiry and Grenfell Tower Inquiry, together with contributions from a number of other eminent practitioners in the field, this book provides valuable, comprehensive guidance on the public inquiry process.
Download or read book Model Rules of Professional Conduct written by American Bar Association. House of Delegates and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.
Download or read book Public Inquiries written by Michael J. Trebilcock and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2022-06-29 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An internationally renowned scholar of law and economics, Michael J. Trebilcock has spent over fifty years teaching and researching at the intersection between ideas, interests, and institutions. In Public Inquiries, Trebilcock reflects on his extensive experiences and sheds light on the role of scholars in engaging with the Canadian public policy-making process. Drawing on a number of case studies, Public Inquiries gives an informed overview of the role of ideas and interests in shaping the policy-making process. Trebilcock takes readers through his personal experiences and what he has learned throughout his career. He puts forward general lessons about the public policy-making process and reform in areas including consumer protection, competition policy, trade policy, electricity reform, and legal aid. By showing that not all experiences have been triumphant, and that disappointments can be as revealing as successes, Trebilcock draws out personal lessons and insights with a view to improving the structure and effectiveness of public inquiries.
Download or read book Open Justice written by Joseph Jaconelli and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has long been a fundamental norm of civilized legal systems that the administration of justice is conducted in full view of the public. This is regarded as particularly important in criminal cases, where the accused is traditionally viewed as possessing the right to a public trial. The rise of the modern media, especially television, has created the possibility of a global audience for high profile cases. Increasingly, however, it is seen that the open conduct of legal proceedings is prejudicial to important values such as the privacy of parties, rehabilitative considerations, national security, commercial secrecy, and the need to safeguard witnesses and jurors from intimidation. In this topical new study, Joseph Jaconelli explores these issues and offers a critical examination, in the context of English law, of the values served by open justice and the tensions that exist between it and other important interests.
Download or read book Public Inquiries Policy Learning and the Threat of Future Crises written by Alastair Stark and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the aftermath of major crises, governments usually turn to expensive public inquiries. Clearly, such inquiries have an important policy-learning mandate. However, despite their high-profile nature and their being the pre-eminent means of learning about crises, we know very little about exactly what inquiries produce in terms of learning, and what factors influence their effectiveness. This book examines the extent to which post-crisis inquiries actually dodeliver effective lesson-learning and thereby reduce vulnerability to future threats. It provides evidence from an international comparison of post-crisis inquiries in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, andthe United Kingdom, which will show that, contrary to conventional wisdom, the post-crisis inquiry is an effective means of policy-learning after crises, and that they do consistently encourage policy reforms that enhance resilience to future threats.
Download or read book Private Charity and Public Inquiry written by Eleanor L. Brilliant and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2001-01-22 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Private Charity and Public Inquiry A History of the Filer and Peterson Commissions Eleanor L. Brilliant The story of two commissions that had a major impact on philanthropic activity and public policy. In the midst of the tumultuous 1960s, the United States Congress turned its attention to issues of tax policy and philanthropy, with special focus on abuses and responsibilities of philanthropic foundations. During the period marked by passage of the Tax Reform Act of 1969, John D. Rockefeller 3rd was one of the staunchest defenders of philanthropy in public and in behind-the-scenes lobbying in Washington. This book is a history of two major commissions initiated by Rockefeller: The Commission on Foundations and Private Philanthropy (1969-1970), dubbed "The Peterson Commission" after its chairman, Peter G. Peterson; and The Commission on Private Philanthropy and Public Needs (1973-1977), headed by John H. Filer, and known as "The Filer Commission." Brilliant analyzes the significance of the two commissions with regard to philanthropy and public policy, and in light of the value that Americans place on voluntary associations. Using original documents of the two commissions, archival material, and extensive interviews with key informants, Brilliant shows how powerful individuals and groups influence tax policy in the United States. Her analysis provides new insights into the two sides of philanthropy doing good and getting rewarded for it through tax benefits. Eleanor L. Brilliant, Professor of Social Work at Rutgers University, teaches courses on social policy, management, organization theory, and women's issues. She is on the Graduate Faculty of Rutgers University and is a member of the Women's Studies Faculty. She is currently Vice President for Administration/Secretary of ARNOVA. Among her major publications are The United Way: Dilemmas of Organized Charity and The Urban Development Corporation: Private Interests and Public Authority. She is completing a national study of women's funds and the Women's Funding Network. Philanthropic Studies -- Dwight F. Burlingame and David C. Hammack, editors Contents Preface Note on Archival Sources Introduction Point and Counterpoint: Charities, New Committees, and Tax Policy Leading to Reform: Patman, Treasury, and Congress The Gathering Storm In Whose Interest? Law and Regulation The Peterson Commission: A Summation After the TRA: Emergence of a New Commission The Filer Commission in Action Filer Commission Follow Up: Missed Opportunities and Emergent New Groups Lessons from the Past and Issues for the Future
Download or read book Public inquiries in Canada Law and practice written by Ronda F. Bessner and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
