| CODE | PBL2014 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Public Corporations | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Public Law | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit is intended to familiarise the student with Maltese public corporations. First a public corporation is defined and distinguished from other entities. The various types of public corporations are discussed as well as their general features. Controls over public corporations are analysed and so is the pertinent legislation establishing public corporations. Finally, certain peculiar aspects of public corporations such as the institution of criminal proceedings against the said corporations are discussed. Selected Bibliography: Textbooks: - Kevin Aquilina "Notes on Public Corporations in Malta" October 2002. - Wallace Philip Gulia "The Public Corporation in the Maltese Experience" Valletta, Progress Press, 1970. Reading Materials: Latest edition, when available, of: - Bellizzi "The Malta Gas Board as a Public Corporation" DPA thesis, University of Malta, 1966. - J.A. Camilleri "The Royal University of Malta as a Public Corporation" DPA thesis, University of Malta, 1966. - J.A. Camilleri "Public Corporations in a Mixed Economy" Pacific Western University, Ph.D. thesis, 1985. - D.N. Chester "Organization of Nationalised Industries, The Political Quarterly" April-June 1950, No. 2 - S. De Smith & R. Brazier "Constitutional and Administrative Law" London, Penguin Books, 1994 (7th edition). - Griffith & Street "Principles of Administrative Law" London, Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd., 1957 (2nd edition) - O. Hood Phillips & P. Jackson "Constitutional and Administrative Law" London, Sweet & Maxwell, 1978 (6th edition) - BL Jones & K. Thompson "Garner's Administrative Law" London, Butterworths, 1996 (8th edition) - ECS Wade & AW Bradley "Constitutional and Administrative Law" Longon, Longman, 1985 (10th edition) - HWR Wade & CF Forsyth "Administrative Law" Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2000 (8th edition) - DCM Yardley "Principles of Administrative Law" London, Butterworths, 1981. - Neville Young "The Public Corporation in the Maltese Experience: A Case Study of the Water Services Corporation" Faculty of Law, University of Malta, LL.D. thesis, 2003. Complimentary Web pages: - Ministry of Justice Web Page (www.justice.gov.mt) for all legislation relating to Public Corporations and for all the recent case law on the subject. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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