Introduction : the structure of empire and a grammar of rule -- The sovereign state : spatial and textual politics in early modern Eurasian courts -- The state of stability : the kanunname as a genre of administrative governance -- The bureaucratic state : reforming documentary …
The "natural order of the state" was an early modern mania for the Ottoman Empire. In a time of profound and pervasive imperial transformation, the ideals of stability, proper order, and social harmony were integral to the legitimization of Ottoman power. And as Ottoman territor…
Paul Craig's analysis of UK, EU and global administrative law examines the foundations and challenges facing each system and reveals how each is capable of influencing and informing developments in the others.
Responding to and building on the work of Professor Michael Taggart, this book brings together essays on two contrasting issues concerning the scope and intensity of substantive grounds of review. Firstly, whether and to what extent review on substantive grounds such as unreason…
The Max Planck Handbooks in European Public Law describes and analyses the public law of the European legal space, an area that encompasses not only the law of the European Union but also the European Convention on Human Rights and, importantly, the domestic public laws of Europ…
A comprehensive overview of the field of comparative administrative law that builds on the first edition with many new and revised chapters, additional topics and extended geographical coverage. This Research Handbook's broad, multi-method approach combines history and social sc…
