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Beatson, Matthews & Elliott's Administrative Law: Text and Materials

Third Edition

Mark Elliott

Consultant Editors: Jack Beatson and Martin Matthews

Price: £32.99 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-926998-3
Publication date: 9 June 2005
824 pages, 246x171 mm

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  • Comprehensive coverage for undergraduate courses in administrative law, making this text a stand-alone source of information with a particular emphasis on judicial review
  • Questions and suggestions for further reading provide students with prompts for discussion and opportunities for additional study
  • Extracts from key cases, articles and other materials are combined with comprehensive and detailed commentary giving the students an accessible casebook and textbook in one volume
  • Administrative law is presented not merely as a body of legal rules which regulates the relationship between the citizen and the state, but as the expression of a set of deeper constitutional and other policy concerns which fundamentally shape that relationship, providing students with a deeper understanding of the topic.
  • Substantially rewritten to take into account developments since the second edition, such as the Human Rights Act 1998 and recent case law
New to this edition
  • Takes into account legislative developments and new case law since the second edition.
  • It fully considers the impact on administrative law of the Human Rights Act 1998
  • Now in a new text and materials format
Beatson, Matthews and Elliott's Administrative Law - Text and Materials combines carefully selected extracts from key cases, articles and other sources with detailed commentary. Aimed at undergraduates studying administrative law, it provides comprehensive coverage of the subject with a particular emphasis on judicial review, bringing together in one volume the best features of a textbook and a casebook. By exposing readers to a wide range of primary sources and providing clear explanations of their impact and significance, the book provides an integrated treatment of administrative law which allows students to gain a wide- ranging knowledge of this area, while engaging with the issues in depth.

Readership: This book is suitable for undergraduates studying administrative law.

Contents
1. Introductory Matters
2.
3. The status of unlawful administrative action
4. Discretionary power: an introduction
5. The scope of public law principles
6. Retention of discretion
7. Legitimate expectations
8. Abuse of discretion
9. Abuse of discretion II
10. The rule against bias
11. Procedural fairness
12. Giving reasons for decisions
13. Remedies
14. The judicial review procedure
15. Restriction of remedies
16. Liability of public authorities and crown proceedings
17. Delegated legislation
18. Inquiries
19. Statutory tribunals
20. Ombudsmen

Authors, editors, and contributors


Mark Elliott, Lecturer in Law, University of Cambridge
Consultant Editors: Jack Beatson, a Justice of the High Court, Queen's Bench Division, and Formerly Rouse Ball Professor of English Law, University of Cambridge and
Martin Matthews, Fellow of University College, Oxford


Links to web resources and related information
More in the same subject area:
English law: constitutional & administrative

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