Administrative Law

This is a study guide for the subject LAWS1160 - Administrative Law. This study guide is based on the 2013 course, and is structured according to the following topics (based on the course outline):

• Introduction to Administrative Law
• Accountability and Separation of Powers
• Soft Law
• Controlling the Executive
  • Delegated Legislation
  • The validity and invalidity of delegated legislation
  • Statutory Interpretation
• Information - Reasons in Administrative Law
• Freedom of Information
• Merits Review
• Judicial review of private bodies
• The interaction of public law with private law
• Commencing Judicial Review Proceedings
  • Standing and Justiciability
  • Jurisdiction to engage in judicial review
  • The ADJR Act
• Jurisdictional Error
• Judicial review's remedies
  • Privative Clauses
• Grounds of judicial review
  • Fact-finding errors and procedural fairness
  • The hearing rule
  • The bias rule
  • Compliance with statutory requirements
  • No evidence
  • Policy
  • Relevant and irrelevant considerations
  • Improper Purpose; Unreasonableness