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Discretionary Powers: A Legal Study of Official Discretion
D. J. Galligan
Abstract
One noticeable feature of modern legal systems is the extent to which power is conferred upon government officials and agencies to be exercised at their discretion, according to policy considerations, rather than according to precise legal standards. This book is a legal and jurisprudential analysis of discretionary power in modern legal systems, with particular emphasis on the consequences of discretion in the relationship between the individual and the state.
Keywords: modern legal systems, power, discretion, policy considerations, consequences, individual, state
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 1990 | Print ISBN-13: 9780198256526 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: March 2012 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198256526.001.0001 |
