Wow! eBookThe Successes and Failures of Whistleblower Laws
Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing (February 1, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1849808376
The Successes and Failures of Whistleblower Laws
The Successes and Failures of Whistleblower Laws
The Successes and Failures of Whistleblower Laws
Author(s): Robert G. Vaughn (Author)
- Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
- Publication Date: 28 Dec. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 368 pages
- ISBN-10: 1849808376
- ISBN-13: 9781849808378
Book Description
Drawing on literature from several disciplines, this enlightening book examines the history of whistleblower laws throughout the world and provides an analytical structure for the most common debates about the nature of such laws and their potential successes and failures.
The author explores the relationship between the actions of whistleblowers and the character of laws protecting them, as well as their administration and enforcement. The book considers the role of civil society groups in the successes of whistleblower laws and how current controversies reflect issues attached to these laws over half a century.
This study contains perspectives from which successes and failures can be evaluated and will appeal to policy makers, scholars, whistleblower advocacy and other civil society groups, as well as anyone with a general interest in the subject.
Contents:
Preface
1. Successes and Failures
2. Question Authority
3. Nonviolence and Civil Disobedience
4. Whistleblower Stories and Emerging Narratives
5. Watergate and Whistleblower Protection
6. The Civil Service Reform Act and Whistleblower Protection
7. Retrospective and Forecast
8. Incentives
9. Private-sector Laws
10. Institutional Failure
11. Interpretation
12. National Security
13. Global Whistleblower Laws
14. Civil Society
15. Perspectives
16. Old Issues – New Controversies
Index
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘The Successes and Failures of Whistleblower Laws is carefully argued and comprehensively referenced. It is the work of a lawyer in its attention to detail and precedent, but it accessible to non-lawyers who are willing to put in the effort. It is a long book, and most impressive in it exposition of arguments and evidence for and against various facets of whistleblower legislation. Anyone who puts in significant effort promoting whistleblower laws – for example, writing to or talking with politicians – can benefit from studying relevant parts of the book.’ — Brian Martin, The Whistle
’If you’re a lawyer, academic, student, or someone who is fascinated by this continuingly fascinating subject, you should enjoy this book. It covers all pertinent aspects of whistleblower laws from various perspectives, societal as well as legal and includes actual stories of whistleblowers… Exciting, topical, as well as precisely analytical, this book examines a vast range of incidents and issues related to whistleblowing. It will appeal not just to practitioners and other professionals, but to a wider public internationally… It may well be destined to become a classic.’ — Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, The Barrister Magazine
’Vaughn provides a first-rate account of decades of successes and failures. There is nothing else like it.’ — James McRitchie, Corporate Governance
About the Author
Robert G. Vaughn, Professor of Law and A. Allen King Scholar Emeritus, American University, Washington College of Law, US
