Administrative Law deals with complex, abstract and very theoretical concepts and many students find it hard to make connections between theory and application. The Guidebook assists students in pulling all the pieces together and demonstrates how to take the theoretical knowledge students have acquired from their core textbooks and apply it to real life scenarios, exercises and problem questions.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

• Covers all relevant issues and gives students a practical head start in understanding the administrative decision-making process from start to finish
• Provides essential active learning for students, including case-related review questions throughout each chapter, grounding the knowledge as students go.

1. Introduction

2. Subordinate Legislation

3. Merits Review and Tribunals

4. Procedural Fairness

5. Administrative Appeals Tribunal

6. Ultra Vires

7. Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

8. Jurisdictional Error and Privative Clauses

9. Remedies and Standing

10. Ombudsman

11. Freedom of Information

12. Privacy Legislation

Table of Cases

Table of Statutes

Index

Francisco Esparraga – Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of Notre Dame

Dr Ian Ellis-Jones – Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia and Visiting Associate, New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry