Public Law and Public Administration

by Phillip J. Cooper

This well-established text provides students who plan to enter government service and those engaged in mid-career education for public administration with a readable and interesting treatment of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0137375948
• ISBN13: 9780137375943
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 527 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Detailed Introduction to Public Law

I was assigned this text for my Law and Public Policy graduate level class. It seems to have become a staple textbook over the years in many classes, and has gone through 4 editions now. I found the text to be an extremely dry read. But considering it is about the law and court cases what did you expect? The author does have a sense of humor, but it is buried in some rather legalistic prose, or the footnotes. Speaking of footnotes, they are very detailed and should not be skipped. My research paper for this class got its start from one of the footnotes. Reading this textbook is not easy, but it is ultimately rewarding. It is a good introduction for the layperson who is not a lawyer, but does know something of the legal system. If the student does not know anything about the law, then this textbook will be too advanced for them to read.