An Introduction to Administrative Law (Clarendon Law)

by PeterCane (Author)

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  Paperback
  1986

  $6.92

  The two main aims of this book are to provide a clear and relatively short statement of the most important rules concerning judicial review of administrative activity; and, second, a wider framework for understanding those rules. This framework is provided by considering the constitutional context of judicial review; the relationship between judicial review and other mechanisms for controlling administrative activity; and the impact of judicial review on the agencies subject to it. What emerges clearly from considering judicial review in this wider context is that the role of the courts in controlling administrative action is not that of neutral arbiter but of active participant in the governmental decision-making process. The book is important because it fills the need for an introduction to administrative law which is concise but still provides a critical and theoretical analysis of the law.

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  Paperback
  2004

  $4.62

  This is the fourth edition of Peter Cane's Administrative Law, offering a straightforward but sophisticated account of an increasingly complex and important area of law, written in a lively and stimulating manner. The text, which has been extensively revised, takes full account of the many dramatic developments in English public law in recent years in areas such as devolution, human rights and freedom of information. The text has three mains aims: to provide a clear and concise account of the law concerning judicial control of public administrative power, to suggest political and theoretical perspectives that can help readers to understand the law better, and to explore the relationship between judicial and other forms of control such as ombudsmen and tribunals. An underlying theme of the analysis is to show that the role of courts in controlling public power is not that of neutral arbiter between 'citizen and state' but rather that of active participant in public decision-making processes.