Full Description
This book is written for anyone studying administrative law who requires a concise and readable textbook. This book is specifically directed at LLB and CPE students, as well as those approaching the subject for the first time at undergraduate or postgraduate level, including non-law students in related fields. The text is practical in its approach, and the authors concentrate on a full analysis of the core areas, while at the same time setting these within a contextual and thematic framework. This concise and readable book offers a practical approach and full analysis of the core areas of Administrative Law. As well as containing a thoroughly updated and revised account of the case law, this edition covers all the latest changes made by the government up until press date of June 2002. Contains two new chapters on Human Rights and Judicial Review and the European Union Dimension.
Contents
1. Introduction: Theory and History; 2. Constitutional Concepts and Executive Power; 3. The General Issue of Accountability: The Role of Parliament and MPs; 4. The Ombudsman Principle; 5. Tribunals and Inquiries; 6. Institutions and Powers; 7. The European Union Dimension; 8. Introduction to Judicial Review; 9. Illegality I; 10. Illegality II; 11. Illegality III; 12. Unreasonableness: Irrationality and Proportionality; 13. Procedural Impropriety; 14. The Rule of National Justice/Fairness I; 15. The Requirements of Natural Justice/ Fairness II; 16. Express and Implied Limits on Judicial Review; 17. Filter Mechanisms: Rationing the Available Remedies; 18. The Remedies; 19. The Contracting Powers of Public Bodies; 20. Public Liability in Tort; 21. Administrative Law Facing the Future
