Vigilance and Restraint in the Common Law of Judicial Review

Explores how courts vary the depth of scrutiny in judicial review and the virtues of different approaches.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Scope of review; 3. Grounds of review; 4. Intensity of review; 5. Contextual review; 6. Conclusion.

About the author

Dean R. Knight is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law and Co-Director of the New Zealand Centre for Public Law at Victoria University of Wellington. His scholarly interests include a wide range of topics in constitutional and administrative law, including judicial review and local democracy.

Summary

Examining doctrinal, conceptual and normative dimensions of judicial review of administrative action, Dean R. Knight explores how Anglo-Commonwealth courts vary the depth of scrutiny in a variety of ways and critically appraises the virtues of different approaches.

Product details

• Authors: Dean R. Knight, Dean R. (Victoria University of Wellington Knight, Dean R. (Victoria University of Wellington) Knight
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781316640340
• ISBN: 978-1-316-64034-0
• No. of pages: 307
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law; Cambridge Studies in Constitut
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; Rechtsvergleichung, LAW / Constitutional, Verfassungsprozessrecht, richterliche Überprüfung, Commonwealth of Nations, LAW / Comparative, Rechtsquellen: Fallrecht, Präzedenzfälle, Case Law, comparative law, Common Law, The Commonwealth, Judicial Review, Systems of law: common law, Sources of law: case law, precedent