The ombudsman enterprise and administrative justice.

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Date
2010-12-23Abstract
The statutory duty of public service ombudsmen (PSO) is to investigate claims of injustice caused by maladministration in the provision of public services. This book examines the modern role of the ombudsman within the overall emerging system of administrative justice and makes recommendations as to how PSO should optimize their potential within the wider administrative justice context. Recent developments are discussed and long standing questions that have yet to be adequately resolved in the ombudsman community are re-evaluated given broader changes in the administrative justice sector. The work balances theory and empirical research conducted in a number of common law countries. Although there has been much debate within the ombudsman community in recent years aimed at developing and improving the practice of ombudsmanry, this work represents a significant advance on current academic understanding of the discipline.
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Contents: Foreword; Preface; Part I Theory and Context: The
ombudsman enterprise: an introduction; The constitutional role of the
ombudsman; Concepts, theories and policies of administrative justice.
Part II The Ombudsman Technique: Putting it right: resolving complaints
and assisting citizens; Promoting good administration and helping to
get it right. Part III Setting It Right: Independence and accountability:
legitimising the ombudsman; Relationships, networks and the
administrative justice system; Part IV Conclusion: The 21st century
ombudsman enterprise; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
Citation : Buck, T., Kirkham, R. and Thompson, B. (2010) The Ombudsman Enterprise and Administrative Justice, Farnham: Ashgate.
ISBN : 9780754675563
Research Group : Administrative Justice
Research Group : Human Rights
Research Group : International and European Union Law
Research Group : International Child Law
Research Group : Social Security Law
Research Group : Human Rights
Research Group : International and European Union Law
Research Group : International Child Law
Research Group : Social Security Law
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