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Public Law within Government

Sustaining the Art of the Possible

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  • © 2008

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  1. T. P. B. Rattenbury
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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • T. P. B. Rattenbury
    Pages 1-16

  3. The Ultra Vires Rule: Its Substance and Significance

    • T. P. B. Rattenbury
    Pages 17-46

  4. Out With the Old: The 1980 Budget

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    Pages 47-57

  5. In With the New: The 1981 Budget

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    Pages 58-79

  6. A Heightened Awareness: The 1982 Budget

    • T. P. B. Rattenbury
    Pages 80-90

  7. Leftward, Ho: The 1983 Budget

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    Pages 91-108

  8. Pressing Ahead: The 1984 Budget

    • T. P. B. Rattenbury
    Pages 109-120

  9. Rate-Capped and Resistant: The 1985 Budget

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    Pages 121-148

  10. Aftermath: The 1986 Budget

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    Pages 149-162

  11. Victim of Circumstance: The 1987 Budget

    • T. P. B. Rattenbury
    Pages 163-182

  12. ‘Policy-Capped’: The 1988 Budget

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    Pages 183-200

  13. Out With the Old, Again: The 1989 Budget and Beyond

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    Pages 201-215

  14. Conclusion

    • T. P. B. Rattenbury
    Pages 216-234

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 235-250
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About this book

Drawing on rich source material - one local authority's involvement in the epic central/local confrontation over local government spending in 1980s England - this book develops a multifaceted and widely applicable analysis of public law within government as a process of 'sustaining the art of the possible'.

About the author

T. P. B. RATTENBURY is a long-serving government lawyer with a special interest in public law. He qualified with an English local authority and has worked for many years for a Canadian provincial government, where his practice revolves around law reform, legislative and public law issues.

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