The uses of discretion

Abstract

Part 1 Issues in the use of discretion: the use of legal discretion - perspectives from law and social science discretion and rules - a lawyer's view discretionary decision making - a jurisprudential view. Part 2 Social processes in the use of legal discretion: the myth of discretion social limits to discretion - an organizational perspective discretion in a behavioural perspective - the case of a public housing eviction board organizational horizons and complaint filing big bang decisions - notes on a naturalistic approach. Part 3 Thinking about the uses of discretion: administrative justice - discretion and procedure in social security decision making discretion - power, quiescence and trust the jurisprudence of discretion - escaping the legal paradigm.

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