Unity of public law? doctrinal, theoretical, and comparative perspectives

"This major collection contains selected papers from the second Public Law Conference, an international conference hosted by the University of Cambridge in September 2016"--ECIP data view.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The unity of public law? / Dame Sian Elias -- Taxonomy and public law / Jason NE Varuhas -- On being reasonably proportionate / Audrey Macklin -- Administrative law : characteristics, legitimacy, unity / Paul Daly -- Unity, disunity, and vacuity : constitutional adjudication and the common law / Roger Masterman and Se-shauna Wheatle -- A matter of feel? Public powers and functions in South Africa / Cora Hoexter -- Fault and accountability in public law / Ellen Rock -- Interpretive presumptions assessed against legislators' understanding / Hanna Wilberg -- 'It all depends on the circumstances' : the decline of doctrine on the grounds and intensity of review / David Stratas -- The globalisation of public law : a quilting of legalities / Robert French AC -- Comparative public law in the UK Supreme Court / Robert Reed -- Transplants in public law / Cheryl Saunders -- Unity and diversity in the United Kingdom's territorial constitution -- Aileen McHarg -- Moving beyond the constitutionalism/democracy dilemma : 'commonwealth model' scholarship and the fixation on legislative compliance / Claudia Geiringer -- Vindicatory damages for violation of constitutional rights : a comparative approach / Johannes Chan -- Decolonising jurisprudence : public interest standing in new constitutional orders / Elizabeth O'Loughlin -- Constitutional convergence? Some lessons from proportionality / Anne Carter -- Jurisdictional error : do we really need it? / Janina Boughey and Lisa Burton Crawford.