'The Public Interest' in Regulation

by Mike Feintuck

The concept of "the public interest" is often used in legal and political discourse, lending an air of legitimacy and respectability to exercises of power. However the term is rarely defined in any meaningful sense. This book considers abstract concepts of public interest from the literature of law, political science, and economics. Using a series of case-studies from Britain and the USA, Feintuck explores how the concept is used in practice. Finally,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199269025
• ISBN13: 9780199269020
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 9.4"