Includes index.

Contents: The nature and purpose of administrative law -- The administrative system: a historical perspective -- Parliament and the executive -- Agencies and non-departmental public bodies -- Contract and service provision -- Local government -- Devolution --Information, standards and complaints -- Tribunals and inquiries -- European union -- A case study: competition and regulation -- Natural justice: hearings -- Natural justice: hearings, public interest immunity and closed procedure -- Natural justice: bias and independence -- Rule-making -- Error of law -- Error of fact -- Failure to exercise discretion -- Abuse of discretion -- Human rights act -- Rationality and proportionality -- Legitimate expectations -- Equality -- Invalidity -- Remedies: standing -- Judicial remedies -- Remedies and reform -- Remedies: exclusion of review -- Crown liability -- Tort and restitution.