Author: Ronda Bessner Publisher: ISBN: 9781038202581 Category : Governmental investigations Languages : en Pages : 0
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« Public inquiries have an enormous impact on public policy in Canada, serving as fact-finder, investigator of systemic failures, and proposer of reforms in diverse areas of public concern. To accomplish all these varied and important objectives, the public inquiry has of necessity become a creative and flexible process. Assembling many voices and perspectives, Public Inquiries in Canada: Law and Practice, 2nd Edition provides guidance on how best to conduct the public inquiry process from beginning to end. Practical in tone and providing a thorough overview of all stages of the inquiry process, Public Inquiries in Canada: Law and Practice, 2nd Edition is essential reading for all those involved in a public inquiry: lawyers, commissioners of inquiries (including judges), members of a commission team, witnesses, government staff, and the media. Even members of the public who have not been directly affected by the events leading to a public inquiry will find this book to contain a compelling discussion of what has become a vital tool in Canadian public policy. »--Page 4 de la couverture.
Author: Jason Beer Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199287775 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 549
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Public Inquiries is written and edited by expert practitioners who have appeared in some of the most significant public inquiry cases over the last decade. Bringing together their wealth of practical experience, this new work functions as a complete handbook for all practitioners in this field.
Author: Ed Ratushny Publisher: ISBN: 9781552211687 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 477
Book Description
This book is the first comprehensive, integrated, and thorough exposition of the public inquiry as a governmental, legal and social institution. It examines the legal framework, the role of the commissioner and legal counsel, the rights and obligations of individuals who may be affected and its relationship to government, the media and the public.
Author: Isabelle Mitchell Publisher: ISBN: 9781509928316 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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"This practical guide provides legal practitioners, participants, witnesses and all those interested in the public inquiry process, stage-by-stage 'hands on' guidance to the process of public inquiries into matters of public concern. With its user-friendly format of summaries, checklists, 'top tips' and flow charts, this book, the first practical guide to public inquiries, provides guidance from the setting up of a public inquiry through to its close. It includes information on: - the appointment of the chairman and inquiry team; - the choice and significance of the venue; - the drawing up of inquiry procedures, protocols and rulings; - the appointment and role of core participants; - evidence taking; - conducting and attending hearings; - the role of experts; - the writing and publication of the inquiry report. Drawing on the authors' extensive experience as public inquiry lawyers, working on inquiries such as the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Leveson Inquiry and Grenfell Tower Inquiry, together with contributions from a number of other eminent practitioners in the field, this book provides valuable, comprehensive guidance on the public inquiry process"...
Author: Allan Manson Publisher: Toronto Irwin Law ISBN: 9781552210741 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 547
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This book assesses the role and conduct of commissions of inquiry in Canada. It provides a comprehensive source of related legal doctrine and brings a political science perspective to the function and pathology of this kind of investigative and policy-making instrument. Specific inquiries are discussed with criticisms and recommendations.
Author: Darren Lehane Publisher: Bloomsbury Professional ISBN: 9781780438016 Category : Administrative courts Languages : en Pages : 0
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Public Inquiry Law provides an overview of the different types of public inquiry used in Ireland and their genesis. It looks at the key cases and legislation that have shaped such inquiries in Ireland. The book also looks at each of the three main types of public inquiry - parliamentary inquiries, commissions of investigation and tribunals of inquiry - and examines the terms or reference of each, proceedings, costs, challenges to those inquiries, etc. It also examines public inquiries in other common law jurisdictions such as the UK, New Zealand and Australia. Contents: Introduction: Parliamentary Inquiries; The Parnell Commission; The Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act 1921; The operation of that act in Ireland prior to 1979; The In Re Haughey case and what that changed; The Abbeylara case and how that inhibited parliamentary inquiries; Bespoke public inquiries and non-statutory inquiries; Reforming public inquiries, the Commissions of Inquiry Act 2004, the Law Reform Commission, the Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005; Reforming Parliamentary Inquiries - the 30th amendment and the Houses of the Oireachtas Act 2013; Reforming inquiries in other jurisdictions, the UK, New Zealand, Canada and Australia; Parliamentary Inquiries: Types of Inquiry that may be conducted; Establishment; Powers of Compellability, Privileges and Immunities; Fair Procedures; Reports; Legal Costs; Challenging the findings; Commissions of Investigation: Establishment; Terms of Reference; Membership; Proceedings; Legal Representation; Powers and enforcement, Privileges and Immunities; Reports; Legal Costs; Challenging the findings; Tribunals of Inquiry: Establishment; Terms of Reference; Membership; Proceedings; Legal Representation; Powers and enforcement, Privileges and Immunities; Reports; Legal Costs; Challenging the findings; Public Inquiries in the UK; Public Inquiries in New Zealand; Public Inquiries in Australia; Appendices: The Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act 2013; The Commissions of Investigation Act 2004; The Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005. [Subject: Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Public Law, Irish Law]
Author: Scott Prasser Publisher: ISBN: 9780409322545 Category : Governmental investigations Languages : en Pages : 0
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While there have been many different studies on public inquiries, Royal Commissions and Public Inquiries in Australia provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of public inquiries in Australia. It is based on rigorous and in-depth analysis spanning several decades, and has required patient and painstaking work in defining and identifying different federal public inquiries and monitoring their performance over the last 100 years. ROYAL COMMISSIONS AND PUBLIC INQUIRIES IN AUSTRALIA will be of interest to all who seek to better understand the particular role of public inquiries and what their continued appointment tells us about trends in Australian government generally.' From the Foreword by Professor John Wanna, The Sir John Bunting Professor of Public Administration, Australian National University. ROYAL COMMISSIONS AND PUBLIC INQUIRIES IN AUSTRALIA provides the first comprehensive overview of the extent, use and impact of Commonwealth public inquiries appointed since 1901. Specifically, this new book:* defines 'public inquiries,' and delineates them from other advisory bodies;* details trends in public inquiry numbers since Federation and compares these to overseas jurisdictions;* classifies the different types and forms of public inquiries;* explains public inquiry procedures, powers and associated legislation;* analyses why public inquiries are appointed and their roles in the political system;* assesses their impact on public policy; and,* explores the continuing and future roles of public inquiries. Covering public inquiries appointed by the Commonwealth government since Federation, particular attention is given to those public inquiries appointed during the last thirty years, when inquiry numbers increased markedly. References to numerous inquiries throughout the book are supplemented by detailed case studies of key public inquiries, including royal commissions and appointed by different governments. This authoritative book has been written by an expert in the field. Lecturer Dr Scott Prasser has worked in federal and state governments in senior policy and research advisory positions. ROYAL COMMISSIONS AND PUBLIC INQUIRIES IN AUSTRALIA will be a valuable reference for those interested in a widely used, but often neglected, advisory instrument of modern government that continues to influence many areas of public policy.
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