"This is a textbook of broad learning and scholarship, clearly and attractively written. Ready access to a copy remains essential for those who practice in administrative law, federal or state." Alan Robertson SC (NSW Bar News, Summer 04/05). Since it was first published in 1996, JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION has both mapped and supported the development of law and practice of judicial review of administrative action throughout Australia. Repeatedly cited in the High Court of Australia, this landmark work remains an authoritative reference for judicial officers, practitioners and students alike. The fourth edition of this work considers the extensive activity that has taken place in the four years since the previous edition was published.

A comprehensive treatise on the law of judicial review of administrative action, the only component of administrative law whose operations are wholly independent of government.

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

This casebook studies the law governing judicial review of administrative action. It examines the foundations and the organisation of judicial review, the types of administrative action, and corresponding kinds of review and access to court. Significant attention is also devoted to the conduct of the court proceedings, the grounds for review, and the standard of review and the remedies available in judicial review cases. The relevant rules and case law of Germany, England and Wales, France and the Netherlands are analysed and compared. The similarities and differences between the legal systems are highlighted. The impact of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights is considered, as well as the influence of EU legislative initiatives and the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, in the legal systems examined. Furthermore, the system of judicial review of administrative action before the European courts is studied and compared to that of the national legal systems. During the last decade, the growing influence of EU law on national procedural law has been increasingly recognised. However, the way in which national systems of judicial review address the requirements imposed by EU law differs substantially. The casebook compares the primary sources (legislation, case law etc) of the legal systems covered, and explores their differences and similarities: this examination reveals to what extent a ius commune of judicial review of administrative action is developing.