Douglas and Jones's administrative law / by Michael Head, Yee-Fui Ng, Jason Donnelly, Michael Morgan.

Alexandria, N.S.W. : The Federation Press, 2024.

9th edition

201751

Administrative law -- Australia.

Administrative law -- Australia -- Cases.

1. Issues and problems in Australian administrative law

2. The rise (and decline?) of administrative law

3. Freedom of information and government secrecy

4. Understanding decisions: reasons, discovery and evidence

5. Auditors-General, corruption commissions and whistleblowers

6. Investigating administrative conduct: the ombudsman

7. Administrative review on the merits

8. Delegated legislation

9. The duty to act within powers

10. The exercise of discretionary power

11. The duty to act for proper purposes and according to relevant considerations

12. Duties in relation to findings of fact

13. Reasonableness, rationality and related grounds of review

14. The right to procedural fairness: general principles

15. The right to be "heard"

16. The rule against bias

17. Limits to fairness

18. The effect of errors on the validity of decisions

19. The availability of judicial review

20. Judicial remedies

21. Discretion, timing and substantive outcomes

22. Standing to seek judicial review.

Fully revised and updated to include the latest administrative law decisions, Douglas and Jones is a leading text on administrative law. Already notable for its accessibility and background material, the authorship of the 9th edition has been extended to a new generation of administrative law educators, who have helped trim and modernise the material. Professor Michael Head and Associate Professor Yee-Fui Ng are joined by two younger accomplished educators, Dr Jason Donnelly and Michael Morgan. Key Features of the new edition: Updated to include every major High Court administrative law case since the 8th edition. Full outline and discussion of the proposed Administrative Review Tribunal. Discussion and details of the new National Anti-Corruption Commission. Important extracts and analysis of the High Court’s most significant recent decisions, including on procedural fairness, unreasonableness, judicial review and jurisdictional error. - Publisher's website.

Previous edition 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Douglas and Jones' administrative law

9781760025021

lix, 687 pages ; 24 cm