confronting corruption: the elements of a national integrity system
law countries in Europe, these types of functions are sometimes called ''public law functions'' to distinguish them from the ''private law functions'',which govern the relationships between individual citizens and some forms of relationships with the state. For example, if a citizen works in a state-owned factory and is injured, he or she would sue as a ''private law function''.If residents of the surrounding community were concerned about a decision to enlarge the state-owned factory because of environmental pollution, the legality of the decision may be reviewed by the courts as being a ''public law function''.