Administrative Law

"[Douglas & Jones's Administrative Law is] an excellent teaching text. ... The commentary, which is considerable in some chapters, is well written and to the point. The cases extracted have been well chosen. They include the leading cases and are predominantly Australian. Importantly, the cases cover a range of subject matter, for example, land rights for Indigenous people, commerce, the environment, social security, employment, civil liberties and human rights. This enables an appreciation of the significance of administrative law."(Alternative Law Journal Vol 22.2, 1997, reviewing a previous edition.)This fourth edition, up to date to April 2002, includes extracts from important recent cases including the High Court judgments in Enfield City Corpn v Development Assessment Commission, Miah, and Aala; and the Federal Court decisions in Ruddock v Vadarlis (the Tampa case) and Transurban Citylink Ltd v Allan.The edition also includes brief discussions of other recent cases including Allan v Transurban and Shergold v Tanner in the High Court and Botany Bay CC v The Minister in the Federal Court.Its discussion of accountability mechanisms has been updated to take account of recently published work, and includes extracts from an article by Airo-Farulla discussing modern theories of governance and their implications for government accountability.Douglas, Roger is the author of 'Administrative Law', published 2002 under ISBN 9781862874350 and ISBN 1862874352.