public policy

American  

[puhb-lik pol-uh-see] / ˈpʌb lɪk ˈpɒl ə si /

noun

1. 1. the body of laws and other measures that affect the general public.

      These officeholders are creating public policy on important issues including affordable housing and the environment.

   2. the underlying principles, values, or objectives that inform these laws and other measures: In a secular state, no religion can become the basis of public policy.

      The Institute participates in shaping public debate and public policy through inquiry and dialogue.

      In a secular state, no religion can become the basis of public policy.

2. Law. the principle that injury to the public good or public order constitutes a basis for declaring an act or transaction illegal or invalid.

   The principle of public policy requires that we judge the tendency of the contract at the time when it was entered into.

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Etymology

Origin of public policy

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

Profit margins for banks and card networks, and there is no compelling public policy reason to protect those.

From Los Angeles Times

"So much US public policy gets filtered down to the Caribbean," she says.

From BBC

Environmental conditions, insect biology and behavior, economic pressures, public policy, and land management all contribute to cycles of destruction -- and also create opportunities to interrupt them.

From Science Daily

"This is the closest - in both proximity and in time - series of shark bites that I've ever seen in my 20 years of research," says Pepin-Neff, who is an associate professor of public policy at the University of Sydney.

From BBC

"The speed of Labour's collapse has surprised people, not least Labour itself" says Laura McAllister, professor of public policy and the governance of Wales at the Wales Governance Centre.

From BBC