This 5th edition of Douglas and Jones’s Administrative Law provides clarity and a contemporary perspective on administrative law today. Douglas has totally rewritten, restructured, and completely updated and revised this new edition to provide greater clarity and a contemporary perspective on administrative law, particularly in the area of natural justice.

Substantial changes to content and structure include the following:

• Outdated cases have been replaced by more recent cases such as Tang v Griffith University, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Rajamanikkam, and other important recent cases are extracted, including Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; Ex Parte Lam and Plaintiff S 157/2002 v Commonwealth
• There is a new section on the Auditor General, and current information about the law on anti-corruption commissions has been updated to take account of the Corruption and Crime Commission Act 2003 (WA)
• The chapter on Administrative Tribunals has been updated to include references to the Tasmanian and Western Australian merits reviews procedures, and
• The coverage of delegated legislation includes detailed references to the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 (Cth)

Douglas and Jones's Administrative Law, 5th edition is welcomed and valued in its own right. In addition it is served well by its companion volume Administrative Law: Context and Critique by Michael Head, which is particularly useful for those who require a concise, clear legal analysis of administrative law.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes

CHAPTER 1: Issues and Problems in Australian Administrative Law
CHAPTER 2: The Rise (and Decline?) of Administrative Law
CHAPTER 3: Freedom of Information and Open Government
CHAPTER 4: Understanding Decisions: Reasons, Discovery and Evidence
CHAPTER 5: Investigating Administrative Activity: Auditor-General, Corruption and Whistle-blowers
CHAPTER 6: Investigating Administrative Decisions: The Ombudsman
CHAPTER 7: Administrative Review on the Merits
CHAPTER 8: Delegated Legislation
CHAPTER 9: The Duty to Act within Powers
CHAPTER 10: The Exercise of Discretionary Power
CHAPTER 11: The Duty to Act for Proper Purposes and according to Relevant Considerations
CHAPTER 12: Duties in Relation to Findings of Fact
CHAPTER 13: The Requirement of Reasonableness and Other Limitations to Administrative Decision-Making
CHAPTER 14: The Right to Procedural Fairness - General Principles
CHAPTER 15: The Hearing Rule
CHAPTER 16: The Rule Against Bias
CHAPTER 17: Limits to Fairness
CHAPTER 18: The Effect of Errors on the Validity of Decisions
CHAPTER 19: The Availability of Judicial Review
CHAPTER 20: Judicial Remedies
CHAPTER 21: Discretion
CHAPTER 22: Standing to Seek Judicial Review
Table of Sources
Index

"Administrative Law 5th edn by Roger Douglas is one of the foremost texts on administrative law for students and practitioners.... The author’s new linear format is easy to follow... The text is up to date and reflects the developments in administrative law by legislative and judicial means... Administrative Law is an essential addition to the library of students, lawyers, public servants and anyone who is interested in administrative law."

- C.J. King, Victorian Bar News, Autumn 2006, 84