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The Law of Commissions: A Comparative Study of the Place of Commissions in Law and Governance.

The purpose of this work is to explore the role of Commissions; interrogate existing Commission discourses; examine the power of Commissions and their place in law and governance; investigate the global developments of their legal and socio-political dimensions; a process that involves a holistic approach that probes and unpacks Commissions in their complexity.

Nkatha Kabira Nkatha Kabira

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Expertise and Public Participation in Government Policymaking: South Africa in Comparative Context

The fellowship at STIAS will build on my prior work on comparative administrative law dealing with public participation in policymaking.

Susan Rose-Ackerman Susan Rose-Ackerman
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