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A Continental Distinction in the Common Law: A Historical and Comparative Perspective on English Public Law
A Continental Distinction in the Common Law A Historical and Comparative Perspective on English Public Law Author:J. W. F. Allison The development of an autonomous English public law has been accompanied by persistent problems--a lack of systematic principles, dissatisfaction with judicial procedures, and uncertainty about the judicial role. This work compares the recent emergence of a significant English distinction with the entrenchment of the traditional French distincti... more »on. It explains how persistent problems of English public law are related to fundamental differences between the English and French legal and political traditions, differences in their conception of the state administration, their approach to law, their separation of powers, and their judicial procedures in public-law cases.« less