Description: Outsourcing Rulemaking Powers identifies the shared constitutional principles that determine the limits to the outsourcing of rulemaking powers. Through the examination of multiple countries, this book argues that there should be minimal legal safeguards to which all rules must heed, in particular those made by autonomous public or private actors.
Review Quotes: "Outsourcing rulemaking power is common in many polities. It raises complex issues of constitutional principle and legal doctrine. Cedric Jenart's book is a valuable addition to the literature in this area. It examines in depth and from a comparative perspective the twin features that shape this area: the constitutional limits to outsourcing by the legislature and/or the executive; and the standards that must be complied with by actors outside the traditional governmental structure if outsourcing is allowed." -- Paul Craig, Emeritus Professor of English Law, St John's College, Oxford, UK
Winner of the Frans Van Cauwelaert Prize 2022"This book is the necessary stepping stone to produce theoretical, empirical and interdisciplinary work aimed at locating and controlling public power that is, often without political accountability structures in place, outsourced away from states. The state is indeed changing. To read Outsourcing Rulemaking Powers is key to making us make sense of it." -- Mateus Correia de Carvalho, European Constitutional Law Review