The Idea of Public Law

by Martin Loughlin

Book Overview

This volume argues that public law must be treated as a special, indeed autonomous, subject and that the root cause of many of the difficulties and controversies that have arisen within both contemporary jurisprudence and also in the practice of public law have arisen because this argument has been neglected, and even suppressed.

The author defends this claim by explicating the idea of public law, particularly as it has evolved in modern European...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199267235
• ISBN13: 9780199267231
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 199 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.5"