Reasoned Administration and Democratic Legitimacy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781108421003)

Reasoned Administration and Democratic Legitimacy: How Administrative Law Supports Democratic Government explores the fundamental bases for the legitimacy of the modern administrative state. While some have argued that modern administrative states are a threat to liberty and at war with democratic governance, Jerry L. Mashaw demonstrates that in fact reasoned administration is more respectful of rights and equal citizenship and truer to democratic values than lawmaking by either courts or legislatures. His account features the law's demand for reason giving and reasonableness as the crucial criterion for the legality of administrative action. In an argument combining history, sociology, political theory and law, this book demonstrates how administrative law's demand for reasoned administration structures administrative decision-making, empowers actors within and outside the government, and supports a complex vision of democratic self-rule.

Author: Jerry L. Mashaw
ISBN-10: 1108421008
ISBN-13: 9781108421003
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/27/2018
Pages: 210
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.42w x 0.66d