Legal Compliance in Street‐Level Bureaucracy
A Study of UK Housing Officers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6090418 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Caroline Hunter (0000-0002-7504-3422), Joanne Bretherton (0000-0002-8258-477X), Sharon Halliday (0000-0001-5107-6783), Simon Halliday, Sarah Johnsen (0000-0002-3307-6111) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 81-95 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Law & Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0265-8240 • E-ISSN: 1467-9930 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/lapo.12049 |
| OpenAlex | W2188653740 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 33 |
Street‐level bureaucratic theory is now at a fairly mature stage. The focus on street‐level bureaucrats as ultimate policymakers is now as familiar as it is important. Likewise, the parallel sociolegal study of the implementation of public law in public organizations has demonstrated the inevitable gap between law‐in‐the‐books and law‐in‐action. Yet, the success of these advances comes at the potential cost of us losing sight of the importance of law itself. This article analyzes some empirical data on the decision making about one legal concept—vulnerability in UK homelessness law. Our analysis offers two main contributions. First, we argue that, when it comes to the implementation of law, the legal abilities and propensities of the bureaucrats must be taken into account. Bureaucrats' abilities to understand legal materials make a difference to the likelihood of legal compliance. Second, we must also pay attention to the character of the legal provisions. Where a provision is simple, it is more likely to facilitate legal knowledge and demands nothing of bureaucrats in terms of legal competence. Where the provision is also inoffensive and liveable, it is less likely to act as an impediment to legal conscientiousness
Bureaucracy · Business · Compliance (psychology · Empirical legal studies · Law and economics · Legal research · Nothing · Political science · Sociology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Regulation and Compliance Studies
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The ‘ideal’ homelessness law
Informed Non-Use
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Housing rights, homelessness prevention and a paradox of bureaucracy
Walking on Thin Ice
To Comply or Not to Comply, That Is the Question
Striking a Balance Between Counseling and Compliance
Institutions Are Not Rules
Legal Mobilization within the Bureaucracy
How bureaucracies shape access to rights
People processing
Working the street
Street‐Level Bureaucracy Theory
The Oxford Handbook of Empirical Legal Research
How Management Matters
Cops, Teachers, Counselors
Participatory research with children
Coping During Public Service Delivery
Administrative law, administrative processes, and the housing of homeless persons
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Between a Hunch and a Hard Place
Pretty Boring Stuff
Adjudicating the Implementation of Homelessness Law
Local Government Legal Consciousness in the Shadow of Juridification
Toward a General Analytic Framework
The Paradox of Rules
Organizational Forms as Moral Practices
Are Street‐level Bureaucrats Compelled or Enticed to Cope
Street‐Level Tort Law
Prisons, Rules and Courts
Street-Level Bureaucrats and Intrastate Variation in the Implementation of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Policies
Governing by numbers
At the Discretion of Rogue Agents
State Agent or Citizen Agent
Linking Passive and Active Representation by Gender
Street‐Level Bureaucracy, Interprofessional Relations, and Coping Mechanisms
Case Processing
| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,22 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |