Administrative Law
6th Edition
Published in October 1988
Book
Hardback
1000 pages
978-0-19-876220-1 (ISBN)
Description
This is the sixth edition of this textbook, first published in 1961, reflects the enormous growth of administrative law in Britain over that period in which the issues have grown more complex, politicized and wide-ranging. This work has been translated into Italian, Spanish and Japanese and is aimed at students and academics studying administrative law, lawyers in practice andd those interested in constitutional law and the English legal system.
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Edition
6th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
table of statutes, chronological list of statutes, table of cases, index
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
1681 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-876220-1 (9780198762201)
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Content
Part 1 Introduction: constitutional foundations of the powers of the courts. Part 2 Authorities and functions: the central government; local government; the police; public corporations; some government functions. Part 3 Powers and jurisdiction: legal nature of powers; jurisdiction over fact and law; problems of invalidity. Part 4 Discretionary power: retention of discretion; abuse of discretion. Part 5 Natural justice: natural justice and legal justice; the rule against bias; the right to a fair hearing. Part 6 Remedies and liability: ordinary remedies; prerogative remedies; procedural system; restriction of remedies; liability of public authorities; crown proceedings. Part 7 Administrative legislation and adjudication: delegated legislation; statutory tribunals; statutory inquiries.