The Ombudsman : : Citizens Defender / / ed. by Donald C. Rowat.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Abel, Albert S.,; Abraham, Henry J.,; Abrahamson, Max W.,; Bexelius, Alfred,; Blom-Cooper, Louis,; Evan, William M.,; Henkow, Hugo,; Holmgren, Kurt,; Kastari, Paavo,; Krislov, Samuel,; Le Roy, Rene Crince,; Llambias, Henry J.,; Lohse, Egon,; Lundvik, Ulf,; Marshall, Geoffrey,; Marx, Fritz Morstein,; Mitchell, J. D. B.,; Munsey, Everard,; Nader, Ralph,; Northey, J. F.,; Os, Audvar,; Pedersen, I. M.,; Questiaux, Nicole,; Reuss, Henry S.,; Rowat, D. C.,; Rudholm, Sten,; Ruud, Arthur,; Smyth, John F.,; Viloria, Leandro A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Rowat, Donald C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1965
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (402 p.)

The Ombudsman is an officer appointed by the legislature to receive and investigate complaints from citizens against unjust administrative action. The system originated in Sweden in 1809, was adopted by Finland in 1919, and recently has spread to Denmark, Normay and New Zealand. It is now being wide...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
• INTRODUCTION
• CONTENTS
• LIST OF TABLES
• I. EXISTING OMBUDSMAN SYSTEMS
• I. Sweden's Guardians of the Law
• 2. Finland's Guardians of the Law
• 3. Denmark's Ombudsmand
• 4. Norway's Ombudsmen
• 5. West Germany's Military Ombudsman
• 6. New Zealand's Parliamentary Commissioner
• II. RELATED INSTITUTIONS
• 7. The Inspector-General in the U.S. Army
• 8. The Presidential Complaints and Action Committee in the Philippines
• 9. The European Commission of Human Rights
• III. PROPOSED SCHEMES
• 10. The United Kingdom
• 11. Canada
• 12. The United States
• 13. Ireland
• 14. The Netherlands
• IV. APPLICABILITY ELSEWHERE
• 15. Countries with a System of Administrative Courts
• 16. The Congressional System of Government
• 17. The Commonwealth Parliamentary System
• CONCLUSION
• APPENDIX
• INDEX