000			00954pab a2200181 454500
008			180718b1994 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
100			_aChan, Hon S.
245			_aLegal control of public administration _ba principle-agent perspective
260			_c1994
300			_ap.559-74
362			_aDec
520			_aThis study argues that legal doctrines are an important analytic tool for assessing how the principals brings about rules to regulate the agents. The article provides an empirical analysis to illustrate how legal doctrine were created in Hong Kongs Court to realign the relationship of principle and agent. There is strong need for bureaucrats to have a sound knowledge of law and to have the law as a support for the legitimacy of public administration
650			_aAdministrative law
650			_aPublic administration
700			_aRosenbloom, David H.
773			_aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences
909			_a26515
999			_c26515 _d26515