CORMAC MAC AMHLAIGH / CLÁUDIO MICHELON / NEIL WALKER
Public law has been conceived in many different ways, sometimes overlapping, often conflicting. However in recent years a common theme running through the discussions of public law is one of loss. What function and future can public law have in this rapidly transforming landscape, whereu003cbru003eglobalized states and supranational institutions have ever-increasing importance? u003cpu003eThe contributions to this volume take stock of the idea, concepts, and values of public law as it has developed alongside the growth of the modern state, and assess its continued usefulness as a distinct area of legal inquiry and normativity in light of various historical trends and contemporaryu003cbru003epressures affecting the global configuration of law in general. u003cpu003eDivided into three parts, the first provides a conceptual, philosophical, and historical understanding of the nature of public law, the nature of private law and the relationship between the public, the private, and the concept of law. The second part focuses on the domains, values, and functions ofu003cbru003epublic law in contemporary (state) legal practice, as seen, in part, through its relationship with private domains, values, and functions. The final part engages with the new legal scholarship on global transformation, analysing the changes in public law at the national level, including the newu003cbru003eforms of interpenetration of public and private in the market state, as well as exploring the ubiquitous use of public law values and concepts beyond the state.u003cbru003e
