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Accountability: A Public Law Analysis of Government by Contract »

Authors: A. C. L. Davies
ISBN-13: 9780198299486, ISBN-10: 0198299486
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: November 2001
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: A. C. L. Davies

All Souls College, Oxford

Book Synopsis

Many government bodies relate to each other through 'contracts'. But these contracts are not, in general, regulated or enforced by the law. Drawing on the results of a case-study of NHS contracts, this book identifies significant problems faced by the parties to internal government contracts, many of which stem from the lack of legal regulation. This study uses a novel public law analysis to suggest ways of making internal contracts work more fairly and effectively.

	Table of Directives
	Table of Statutes
	Table of Statutory Instruments
	Table of Cases
1	Government by Contract	1
2	Government by Internal Contract	27
3	Controversies and Reform	49
4	Accountability Mechanisms	73
5	Accountability Analysis in Practice: NHS Contracts	89
6	Fitting In: The Role of Contracts in the Context of Other Accountability Mechanisms	107
7	Getting On: Accountability Relationships and Procedural Fairness	137
8	Winning Out: Making the Accountability Process Effective	163
9	Conclusions and Prospects	185
	Bibliography	209
	Index	223