Public Interest In Law

Author : Burton A. Weisbrod,Joel F. Handler,Neil K. Komesar
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780520310803

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Public Interest Law by Burton A. Weisbrod,Joel F. Handler,Neil K. Komesar Pdf

What is public interest law? How effective is it? What are the limits to litigation as a mechanism for conflict resolution? In this study, economists, lawyers, and sociologists evaluate an institutional form that is new to American society and, indeed, to the world--the public interest law (PIL) organization. The book introduces the reader to the structure, resources, and activities of this "nonprofit industry," and also to the factors that affect PIL firms in their choices of cases and methods of handling them. The authors examine PIL's vast range of contemporary public policy concerns. These incude such general topics as the environment, consumerism, housing, employment discrimination, medical care, occupational health and safety, education finance, and taxation. A number of base studies are presented, and a method for economic analysis and evaluation is introduced and applied. The study points to PIL's success in advocating under-represented interests, in winning courtroom decisions, and in translating legal victories into reallocations of resources. At the same time, it notes the bias of PIL towards test-case litigation, a propensity to focus on judicial victories rather than on real social change, and a tendency to use lawyers even when other types of professionals might be more effective. Many of these problems stem from uncertainty of funding and legal restrictions on "nonprofit" organizations. The result is a set of hurdles that distracts PIL firms from their principal goals. The authors do not limit themselves to PIL, but comment on the effectiveness of legal instruments as devices for social change, and on the behavior of the voluntary nonprofit sector, a little-studied portion of the economy. The book presents a fresh approach to the study of both collective-type economic problems and institutional setting in which public interest law works. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1978.

Author : Luboš Tichý,Michael Potacs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Public interest
ISBN : 1780689705

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Public Interest in Law by Luboš Tichý,Michael Potacs Pdf

This book analyses in a comprehensive manner the phenomenon of 'public interest' in different areas of law, both public and private. The contributions focus on the definition of public interest and the distinction between public and private interest. Further, they define the relevant 'public' and investigate the weight of public interest in case of conflict with other considerations and the legal consequences of its breach.

Author : Anneke Smit,Marcia Valiante
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774829342

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Public Interest, Private Property by Anneke Smit,Marcia Valiante Pdf

When it comes to urban planning, to what extent and under what conditions should the community’s interest prevail over the rights of private property owners? Public Interest, Private Property addresses this question at a time when pollution, urban sprawl, and condo booms are forcing municipal governments to adopt prescriptive laws and regulations. Case studies focus on spheres in which public values and private property rights collide – expropriation law, natural resources regulation, green development, and water provision – laying the groundwork for more active debates on the issues currently shaping our cities.

Author : Alan K. Chen,Scott Cummings
Publisher : Aspen Publishing
Page : 915 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781454818885

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Public Interest Lawyering by Alan K. Chen,Scott Cummings Pdf

Public Interest Lawyering is the first comprehensive analysis of public interest lawyering that is suitable as a law school elective text and/or advanced legal profession courses and seminars. Drawing upon a range of theoretical and empirical perspectives, this timely textbook examines the lives of public interest lawyers, the clients and causes they serve, the contexts within which they work, the strategies they deploy, and the challenges they face today. Features: The first comprehensive overview of the broad range of contemporary issues faced by public interest lawyers in any American law school text. Thorough discussion of important theoretical issues about the scope and definition of public interest lawyering. Addresses American public interest law from a historical perspective with focus on current issues. Expansive examination of the settings in which public interest practice occurs, including nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and private law firms. Presents the advantages and limits of different legal strategies in public interest practice, including lobbying, public education, community organizing, and community economic development. Addresses contemporary challenges of public interest law in context, including economics and financing, legal ethics, the role of legal education, and the globalization of public interest practice. Discusses critiques of public interest law, including a reflection about the role of lawyers in social movements that addresses contemporary critiques. Ethical obligations of public interest lawyers. Explores special issues related to lawyer-client relations in social change contexts. Extensive coverage of: Models of law reform organizations. Conservative cause lawyering. Government lawyers. The economics of social change lawyering. Global social change lawyering.

Author : CHERYL. MILNE
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0433499001

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PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION IN CANADA. by CHERYL. MILNE Pdf

Author : Teruo Komori
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317073659

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Public Interest Rules of International Law by Teruo Komori Pdf

This book clarifies factors that play an important role in securing the effectiveness of legal regimes that aim to protect public interests of the international community. In Part 1, the authors focus on theoretical problems arising in the implementation process of those legal regimes from both a constitutional and functional perspective. In Parts 2 through Part 4, they pay attention to practical issues in the implementation process of particular legal regimes, in light of what interpretation or measures are legitimate from the perspective of protecting public interests. This book incorporates an idea of public law into the theoretical framework of international law which has been mainly constructed on the theory of private law in domestic legal systems. In contrast to many books which focus on the role of the procedural and material factors in the implementation process of various institutions and rules, this book emphasises the role of normative factors in securing effectiveness of public interests-oriented rules and is a valuable resource for both academics and policy makers working in this area.

Author : Haochen Sun
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108416962

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Technology and the Public Interest by Haochen Sun Pdf

A new approach to developing and applying technology in the public interest.

Author : Robert V. Stover
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015017682553

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Making it and Breaking it by Robert V. Stover Pdf

Author : Karen OConnor,Lee Epstein
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1989-06-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780313247873

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Public Interest Law Groups by Karen OConnor,Lee Epstein Pdf

Public Interest Law Groups focuses on a special segment of the profession, namely groups `that provide cost-free legal care to willing clients' including `legal aid and legal services groups, interest groups that litigate, and public-interest law firms.' . . . It ought to be an automatic purchase for law school libraries and it will fulfull needs for information about these organizations in large public and academic libraries. Wilson Library Bulletin In recent years, public interest law has shifted from an exclusive interest in the expansion of rights in such areas as consumer protection, environmental law, and discrimination to a parallel concern with seeking limits to freedoms and rights in both the public and private sector. In addition, public interest law firms have introduced diversified litigation strategies that were uncommon even a decade ago. This volume is the only comprehensive work to reflect these recent changes in the complexion and strategies of public interest litigation. Following an introduction describing the major shifts that have occurred in public advocacy, the authors present over 300 profiles of firms, groups, and organizations that litigate in behalf of the public interest and/or use the courts to achieve policy ends. Organizations surveyed include groups that focus on the protection of special interests, rights, or resources and those that offer legal aid in diverse areas, as well as legal organizations such as the American Bar Association. Among the areas of concern are the advancement of science in the public interest, conservation, consumer interests, abortion, constitutional and civil rights, and the rights of groups ranging from the elderly, women, children, and the handicapped to American Indians and other minorities. Additional groups and significant public interest cases are listed at the end of the book. An important source of information for those wishing more data on a particular group or the scope of today's public interest litigation, this book is recommended for legal, public, and academic library reference collections.

Author : Anuj Bhuwania
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107147454

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Courting the People by Anuj Bhuwania Pdf

""Studies the politics of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in contemporary India"--Provided by publisher".

Author : Andreas Kulick
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781139510882

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Global Public Interest in International Investment Law by Andreas Kulick Pdf

The strengths of international investment law - above all, a strong focus on investor interests and an effective adjudication and enforcement system - also entail its weaknesses: it runs the danger of impeding or even sanctioning the host states' legitimate regulatory interests and ignoring other fields of public international law. How does it cope with public interest concerns such as human rights, the environment or the fight against corruption? At the heart of this book lies a fresh approach towards a general theory of such global public interest considerations in the investment realm. Delineating how and why those considerations matter, and why the current system does not accommodate them properly, Andreas Kulick fleshes out general principles and customary international law as defences the host state may raise against alleged investor rights infringements and promotes proportionality as the appropriate balancing mechanism.

Author : Po Jen Yap,Holning Lau
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136907203

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Public Interest Litigation in Asia by Po Jen Yap,Holning Lau Pdf

This edited volume is a timely and insightful contribution to the growing discourses on public law in Asia. Surveying many important jurisdictions in Asia including mainland China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan, the book addresses recent developments and experiences in the field of public interest litigation. The book offers a comparative perspective on public law, asking crucial questions about the role of the state and how private citizens around Asia have increasingly used the forms, procedures and substance of public law to advance public and political aims. In addition to addressing specific jurisdictions in Asia, the book includes a helpful and introduction that highlights regional trends in Asia. In the jurisdictions profiled, transnational public interest litigation trends have commingled with local dynamics. This volume sheds light on how that commingling has produced both legal developments that cut across Asian jurisdictions as well as developments that are unique to each of the jurisdictions studied.

Author : James Willard Hurst
Publisher : The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9781584777168

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The Growth of American Law by James Willard Hurst Pdf

Author : Gerry Whyte
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Public interest law
ISBN : 1902448669

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Social Inclusion and the Legal System by Gerry Whyte Pdf

Author : Martha Buskirk
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780520344594

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Is It Ours? by Martha Buskirk Pdf

If you have tattoos, who owns the rights to the imagery inked on your body? What about the photos you just shared on Instagram? And what if you are an artist, responding to the surrounding landscape of preexisting cultural forms? Most people go about their days without thinking much about intellectual property, but it shapes all aspects of contemporary life. It is a constantly moving target, articulated through a web of laws that are different from country to country, sometimes contradictory, often contested. Some protections are necessary—not only to benefit creators and inventors but also to support activities that contribute to the culture at large—yet overly broad ownership rights stifle innovation. Is It Ours? takes a fresh look at issues of artistic expression and creative protection as they relate to contemporary law. Exploring intellectual property, particularly copyrights, Martha Buskirk draws connections between current challenges and early debates about how something intangible could be defined as property. She examines bonds between artist and artwork, including the ways that artists or their heirs retain control over time. The text engages with fundamental questions about the interplay between authorship and ownership and the degree to which all expressions and inventions develop in response to innovations by others. Most importantly, this book argues for the necessity of sustaining a vital cultural commons.