The Yale Comparative Administrative Law ListServ is proud to host a series of online discussions on comparative administrative law around the world! These online discussions seek to provide opportunities for exchanging ideas on comparative administrative law on a broad range of issues, whether macro or microlevel, whether analytical or conceptual, or whether doctrinal or empirical in approaches. … Continue reading
Robert Thomas (Professor, University of Manchester) In 2021, the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman published the report of its own-initiative investigation into Personal Independence Payments (PIP). It is a huge juggernaut of a report full of meticulously detailed case-studies, findings and recommendations about the administration of PIP in Northern Ireland (NI). The Ombudsman made an … Continue reading
The last several years have been busy times for public lawyers. This will continue whoever becomes Prime Minister following Boris Johnson’s resignation. It is, therefore, critical that researchers have a strong understanding of how they can best engage with and influence politicians and policymakers, and that practitioners appreciate how litigation can best achieve practical change … Continue reading
Administrative law and the digital welfare state in the UK and Australia Jack Maxwell (Research Fellow in Public Law and Technology, Public Law Project) Technology plays a central role in the modern welfare state. Governments are increasingly using technology to confirm identities, assess eligibility, calculate and make payments, and detect fraud. This new mode … Continue reading
Public law values in times of lockdown: lessons from the Belgian case By Emmanuel Slautsky (Université libre de Bruxelles) For the past weeks, national and international news has been dominated by a single topic: a large part of the world is affected by the pandemic of the infectious disease COVID-19, which is due … Continue reading