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Why do most welfare applicants fail to challenge adverse decisions despite a continuing sense of need?. The book addresses this severely under-researched and under-theorised question. Using English homelessness law as their case study,the authors explore why homeless applicants did -- but more often did not -- challenge adverse decisions by seeking internal administrative review. They draw out from their data a list of the barriers to the take up of grievance rights. Further, by combining extensive interview data from aggrieved homeless applicants with ethnographic data about bureaucratic decision-making, they are able to situate these barriers within the dynamics of the citizen-bureaucracy relationship. Additionally, they point to other contexts which inform applicants’ decisions about whether to request an internal review. Drawing on a diverse literature -- risk, trust, audit, legal consciousness, and complaints -- the authors lay the foundations for our understanding of the (non-)emergence of administrative disputes. more...

Price: $90.00

The Act represents a major shift in the commercial environment, with changes for employers and employees. This report examines each of the key developments where the Act changes provisions or introduces rights. more...

Price: $175.00

The Arbitration Act 1996 radically changed English arbitration law in a number of respects. The effects of those changes are still developing and are being reflected in decisions of the courts. This section by section commentary on the Act, which Lord Bingham described as “intensely practical and admirably user-friendly” when it was first published, has been updated in a fourth edition which features comments on more than 125 new cases decided since the last edition was written in May 2003. As a result of these cases, and some changes to subsidiary legislation, the commentary on a great majority of the sections of Part 1 of the Act (the crucial part for most practitioners) has been amended, sometimes substantially. The book continues to provide checklists of choices which those involved in arbitrations need to consider, together with drafting suggestions and model agreements. Written by three practising arbitrators, this new edition continues to provide the most readable and useful guide to the Act. It is an essential handbook for all who are concerned with English arbitration. more...

Price: $135.00

This book considers each stage in the course of an arbitration in detail, from the claimant's decision to seek the means of resolving a dispute to the arbitrator's award. more...

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Explores the path-breaking Theory of Constitutional Rights of Robert Alexy. This work combines the critical analysis of the structural elements of Alexy's theory with an assessment of its applied relevance, with special attention being paid to the UK Human Rights Act and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. more...

Price: $139.00