Douglas and Jones's administrative law / Roger Douglas.

Annandale, N.S.W. : Federation Press, 2009.

6th edition

65045

Administrative law : commentary and materials.

Administrative law -- Australia.

Administrative law -- Cases -- Australia.

1. Issues and problems in Australian administrative law

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

3. Freedom of information and open government

4. Understanding decisions: reasons, discovery and evidence

5. Investigating administrative activity: Auditor-Generals, corruption and whistle blowers

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. The requirement of reasonableness, and other limitations to administrative decision-making

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

22. Standing to seek judicial review.

Previous ed.: 2006.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliography and index.

Administrative law

9781862877221

lxi, 912 pages ; 24 cm