The International Ombudsman Yearbook, Volume 8 (2004) (International Ombudsman Yearbook)

Annotation. The Yearbook is the only publication devoted to ombudsman issues. The International Ombudsman Yearbook contains articles written from legal or public administration perspectives which address issues of interest to the contemporary ombudsman and all persons with an interest in the institution Guidelines to Authors ......Page 12 Table of Contents ......Page 13 Foreword......Page 14 The Ombudsman and the Rule of Law (John McMillan)......Page 16 The Roles of Administrative Courts and Ombudsmen in France and Malta: A Review of Two Contrasting Systems (Ivan Mifsud and Cécile Plaidy)......Page 41 Administrative Mediation and Ombudsmen: An Encounter with Internormativity (Marie-José Chidiac)......Page 98 Good Governance and Development Challenges in the South Pacific: The Promise of Ombudsmanship ('Dejo Olowu)......Page 104 A Specialist Ombudsman for Prisoners (Stephen Shaw)......Page 135 The Engaged Ombudsman—Morality and Activism in Attaining Administrative Justice (Gregory J. Levine)......Page 145 What Should Be the Primary Focus of the Ombudsman Institution? Protecting Human Rights and Redressing Public Grievances versus Fighting Corruption: Emphasis on South Asia and the Commonwealth Caribbean (Najmul Abedin)......Page 163 Contributors to and titles in The Ombudsman Journal and The International Ombudsman Yearbook 1981-2004......Page 175