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Author Davies, A. C. L. (Anne C. L.)

Title Accountability : a public law analysis of government by contract / A.C.L. Davies
Published Oxford [UK] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 224 pages)
Series Oxford socio-legal studies
Oxford socio-legal studies.
Contents 1. Government by Contract -- 2. Government by Internal Contract -- 3. Controversies and Reform -- 4. Accountability Mechanisms -- 5. Accountability Analysis in Practice: NHS Contracts -- 6. Fitting In: The Role of Contracts in the Context of Other Accountability Mechanisms -- 7. Getting On: Accountability Relationships and Procedural Fairness -- 8. Winning Out: Making the Accountability Process Effective -- 9. Conclusions and Prospects
Summary Many government bodies relate to each other through 'contracts'. These are not regulated or enforced by the law. Drawing on the results of a case-study of NHS contracts, this book identifies problems faced by the parties to internal government contracts
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-221) and index
Notes English
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Subject Public contracts -- Great Britain
Public law -- Great Britain
National health services -- Great Britain -- Administration -- Case studies
National health services -- Administration.
Politics and government
Public contracts.
Public law.
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1997-2007. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97005399
Subject Great Britain.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2001033950
ISBN 9780191685712
0191685712