http://andrewnorton.info/2008/07/the-problem-of-ministerial-discretion/ Observations from Carlton's Lone Classical Liberal Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:44:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://andrewnorton.info/2008/07/the-problem-of-ministerial-discretion/#comment-18791 Rafe Champion Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:31:19 +0000 http://andrewnorton.info/?p=508#comment-18791 Ministerial discretion is a loaded gun pointed at the heart of democracy. Hayek and Popper picked this up under the heading of "rules versus orders", with the argument that rules should be put in place to achieve objectives with a degree of transparency, instead of trying to get results from Ministerial edicts and directions which result in unpredictability and (often well founded) conspiracy theories. Ministerial discretion is a loaded gun pointed at the heart of democracy. Hayek and Popper picked this up under the heading of “rules versus orders”, with the argument that rules should be put in place to achieve objectives with a degree of transparency, instead of trying to get results from Ministerial edicts and directions which result in unpredictability and (often well founded) conspiracy theories.

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