This revised edition updates the standard textbook on all aspects of judicial review. It covers the constitutional importance of judicial review and which bodies and decisions are subject to it.

"The new edition deals with domestic grounds of review, challenges under the Human Rights Act 1998 and the use of European Community law in judicial review. It: provides solutions to the most complex legal problems relating to judicial review; analyses both the theoretical foundations of the subject and its practice; supplies comprehensive guidance on what to do at every stage of an action for judicial review; explains the impact of the latest case law and procedural developments; sets judicial review in the context of the fast-changing administrative justice system (including 'proportionate dispute resolution', the new tribunal system, recourse to ombudsmen); and draws on relevant experience from other Commonwealth jurisdictions, especially Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand and South Africa."--

This collection of essays selects five issues which pose urgent challenges to administrative law: public/private law distinction, extension of the range of authorities that are subject to judicial review, the evolving doctrine about the protection of legitimate expectations, the principle of proportionality as a ground for review, & the increasing judicial supervision of the policy-making process.

Explores how courts vary the depth of scrutiny in judicial review and the virtues of different approaches.

Explores the English origins of the principles of judicial review in common law jurisdictions and autochthonous pressures for their adaptation.