Tomlinson, J orcid.org/0000-0002-7385-3085 (2017) The grammar of administrative justice values. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law. pp. 1-14. ISSN 0964-9069
Abstract
The debate concerning administrative justice in the UK often involves reliance upon a certain set of values. Examples of such values include openness, confidentiality, timeliness, transparency, secrecy, fairness, efficiency, accountability, user-friendliness, consistency, participation, rationality and equal treatment. These values are often deployed, both in academic and policy contexts, without much precision. This produces confusion which can hamper debate. This article therefore argues there is a need to reflect on how these oft-used values are deployed, and consider the particular concerns which underlie them. In this sense, this article suggests there is a need to refine the grammar of administrative justice. This argument is demonstrated through an extended analysis of the value of ‘user-friendliness’: a site of emerging disagreement in recent years. It proposes that an important distinction must be drawn between two understandings of the value: the ‘accessibility’ and ‘consumerist’ understandings. This article concludes by suggesting that, going forward, it is important to consider whether the use of abstractions is helpful at all in administrative law and justice debates.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law on 31 Oct 2017, available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2017.1395951. |
Keywords: | Administrative justice; administrative law; public law; values; grammar; rationalism; abstraction; user-focus |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Law (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 14 Nov 2017 15:15 |
Last Modified: | 31 Oct 2018 01:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2017.1395951 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/09649069.2017.1395951 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:123918 |