Droit - L2 - Parcours franco-britannique et irlandais : The law of public administration : a comparative analysis

In accordance with Woodrow Wilson’s words who argued once in favour of « putting away all prejudices against looking anywhere in the world but at home » in the study of public administration, this course will rely on comparative method to explain the development of the modern state and its bureaucracy. Beyond the search of regularities from which generalizations can be established, special attention will be paid to the variety of local cultures and historical accidents and how they impact on systems of public governance, both in the Western world and in developping countries.