Module Identifier LA30310  
Module Title ADMINISTRATIVE LAW  
Academic Year 2005/2006  
Co-ordinator Dr Naomi J Salmon  
Semester Semester 1  
Pre-Requisite LA10110 or LA30110 or LA15710 and LA16220 or LA36220  
Mutually Exclusive LA10310  
Course delivery Lecture   Two one hour lectures per week  
  Seminars / Tutorials   Seminar. Four one hour seminars during the semester  
Assessment
Assessment TypeAssessment Length/DetailsProportion
Semester Exam2 Hours  100%
Supplementary Assessment By retaking the failed element   
Professional Exemptions Required for Professional Purposes  

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Students should obtain knowledge and skills that are relevant in a legal context:

knowledge about the regulation of administrative activities in Britain.

skills in reading and analyzing administrative legislation and cases.

an understanding of contextual factors, such as political dynamics which shape the legal powers and control of the administration.

Students should acquire skills that are relevant beyond legal work:

- reading and understanding legal materials should develop students general
powers of analysis, problem solving skills and ability to construct coherent legal argument.

- students should develop skills in communicating their ideas clearly and
   concisely through seminar discussions and the assessed essay

- exercises during the seminars should develop team working skills including self-awareness, self confidence and inter personal skills


Brief description

Administrative law falls under the broad umbrella of Public Law. It is concerned with the exercise of state power, and the impact of governmental activities upon the citizen. Since the 19th Century the role of government has expanded considerably, and nowadays, we can see that the state is extensively involved in most areas of our lives. Thus, administrative law, being the body of law that both facilitates government and seeks to control the exercise of state power, is concerned with a whole range of issues, including education, the running of our prisons, planning, the GM field trials and much more. From the student perspective, for example, the disciplinary powers the university has in relation to students, as well as the student relationship with the Student Loan Company are guided by administrative law principles.

In addition to providing a basic grounding in administrative law, this module aims to provide students with a critical understanding of selected areas of administrative law, including the role of European law and the impact of devolution. A key aim of this course is to promote student interest in what is an extremely relevant and fast moving area of law.

Aims

To provide students with the knowledge and the skills in this field of legal study which they will require for a career in the legal profession.

To develop critical understanding of how the law regulates and facilitates the activities of government.

To develop a critical understanding of how we, as citizens, fit into the picture as those who are governed? How does this area of law promote the well-being of society? What mechanisms exist to protect us when things go wrong?

To provide a basis for more detailed work, either through study of public law modules in subsequent semesters (such as welfare and housing law) and / or through research for undergraduate dissertations.

Content

Teaching will be by lectures and small group seminars.
Lectures will cover key issues and will provide a basis for further independent study. Reading lists and notes will be provided to support the lecture programme. Students will be expected to build upon what they learn in lectures in order to develop a good level of understanding of the subject.
The seminars will provide students with the opportunity to discuss the topics covered in the lectures and address any problems. Specific questions or tasks will be set in advance of each seminar and students will be expected to work independently and prepare adequately for these sessions. The aim of the seminars is to promote critical understanding and independent learning, whilst also encouraging active participation in group work and developing self confidence.

Syllabus
This module will cover topics such as:
The nature and purpose of administrative law.
The modern administrative state - rolling back the frontiers and the rise of New Public Management.
Introduction to judicial review.
Human rights and judicial review - a look at some case law.
Non-judicial grievance mechanisms - the Ombudsman system.

Reading Lists

Books
** Recommended Text
Leyland, Peter Textbook on Administrative Law edition 4r.e. . Oxf.U.P. 199255369
Craig, P. P Administrative law edition 5th . Sweet & Maxwell 042179920x
Barnett Constitutional and administrative law edition 4th ed. . London : Cavendish 1859417213
Bradley & Ewing (2003) Constitutional & Administrative Law 13th. Longman
Pollard Constitutional and administrative law edition 3rd ed. . London : Butterworths 406930562
Bradley Constitutional and administrative law edition 13th ed. part pages . Harlow : Longman 582438071
Barnett (2004) Constitutional & Administrative Law 5th. Cavendish
Wade (2004) Administrative Law 9th. OUP
Leyland & Anthony (2005) Textbook on Administrative Law 5th. OUP
** Supplementary Text
Dicey Introduction to the study of the law of the constitution edition 10th ed part pages . London : Macmillan;St.Martin's P
Harlow Law and administration London : Butterworths
Byrne, Tony Local Government in Britain edition 7r.e.of "Local Government in Britain: Everyone's Guide to How it All Works" . Penguin 140267395
Public Sector Reform and the Citizen's Charter Blackstone P. 185431601X
Seneviratne Ombudsmen public services and administrative justice London : Butterworths 406946760
Emery, Carl Administrative Law Sweet & M. 421620005
Milns, Susan Feminist perspectives on public law Cavendish 185941480X
Developments in British Politics Macmillan Educ. 333513673
Loveland, Ian Constitutional Law edition 2r.e. . Butterworth 406915962
Leyland Administrative law, facing the future London : Blackstone 1854316893
Dunleavy, Patrick Theories of the State Macmillan Educ. 333386981
Osborne, David Reinventing Government edition n.e. . Plume Books 452269423

Journals
Prosser (1982) Journal of law & society Towards a Critical Public Law http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=journal+of+law+and+society&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 edition 9 part 1 pages 43466. Cardiff : University College Cardiff Press 0263323x
Drewery and Harlow (1990) Modern law review A cutting edge? The Parliamentary Commissioner and MPs http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=modern+law+review&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 pages 745. London : Sweet & Maxwell Stevens Journals 267961
Irvine, Lord (1996) Public law Judges and Decision-Makers : The Theory and Practice of Wednesbury Review http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=public+law&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 pages 59. London : Sweet and Maxwell Stevens Journals 333565
Richardson and Sunkin (1996) Public law Judicial Review : Questions of Impact http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=public+law&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 pages 79-103. London : Sweet and Maxwell Stevens Journals 333565
Freedland (1998) Public law Public Law and Private Finance - Placing the Private Finance Initiative in a Public Law Frame http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=public+law&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 pages 298-299. London : Sweet and Maxwell Stevens Journals 333565
Jowell (2000) Public law Beyond the Rule of Law : Towards Constitutional Judicial Review http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=public+law&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 pages 669. London : Sweet and Maxwell Stevens Journals 333565
Harlow (1997) Public law Back to Basics : Reinventing Administrative Law http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=public+law&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 pages 425. London : Sweet and Maxwell Stevens Journals 333565
A. LeSueur and M. Sunkin (1992) Public law Applications for Judicial Review : The Requirement of Leave http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=public+law&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 pages 102. London : Sweet and Maxwell Stevens Journals 333565
P. Hoggett (1996) Public administration New Modes of Control in the Public Service http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=public+administration&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 edition 74 part 9 pages . London : Royal Institute of Public Adminstration 333298
C. Hood (1991) Public administration A Public Management for All Seasons http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=public+administration&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 edition 69 part 3 pages . London : Royal Institute of Public Adminstration 333298
Jabbari (1994) Oxford journal of legal studies Critical Theory in Administrative Law http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=oxford+journal+of+legal+studies&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 edition 14 part 2 pages 189-216. Oxford : Oxford University Press 1436503
Harlow (1994) Oxford journal of legal studies Changing the Mindset: The Place of Theory in English Administrative Law http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=oxford+journal+of+legal+studies&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 edition 14 part 3 pages 419-435. Oxford : Oxford University Press 1436503
A. V. Dicey (1915) The law quarterly review The Development of Administrative Law in England http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=law+quarterly+review&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 edition 31 part April pages 148-153. London : Sweet & Maxwell Stevens Journals 0023933X
Craig (2001) The law quarterly review The Courts, The Human Rights Act and Judicial Review http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=law+quarterly+review&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 pages 589-600. London : Sweet & Maxwell Stevens Journals 0023933X
Miles, Joanna (2000) Cambridge law journal Standing under the Human Rights Act 1998 : Theories of Rights Enforcement and the Nature of Public Law and Adjudication http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=cambridge+law+journal&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 edition 59 part 1 pages 133-167. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 81973
Rhodes, R (1994) The political quarterly The Hollowing Out of the State : The Changing Nature of the Public Service in Britain http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=political+quarterly&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 edition 65 138. London : TPL Magazines Ltd. 323179
Ld Woolf (1998) The law quarterly review The Tension Between the Judiciary and the Executive http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=law+quarterly+review&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 edition 114 part pages 580. London : Sweet & Maxwell Stevens Journals 0023933X
Raz (1977) The law quarterly review The Rule of Law and its Virtue http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=law+quarterly+review&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 edition 93 195. London : Sweet & Maxwell Stevens Journals 0023933X
Norris (1996) Public law Ex parte Smith : Irrationality and Human Rights http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=public+law&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 pages 590. London : Sweet and Maxwell Stevens Journals 333565
Lester (2001) Public law Developing Constitutional Principles of Public Law http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=public+law&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 part Winter pages 684-694. London : Sweet and Maxwell Stevens Journals 333565
Jowell and Lester (1987) Public law Beyond Wednesbury : Substantive Principles of Administrative Law http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=public+law&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 pages 368. London : Sweet and Maxwell Stevens Journals 333565
Craig (2000) Public law Public Law, Political Theory and Legal Theory http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=public+law&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 pages 211-239. London : Sweet and Maxwell Stevens Journals 333565
Loveland (2000) Public law Public Law, Political Theory and Legal Theory - A Response to Professor Craig's Paper http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=public+law&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 pages 205-210. London : Sweet and Maxwell Stevens Journals 333565
Cane (1995) Public law Standing up for the Public http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=public+law&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 pages 376. London : Sweet and Maxwell Stevens Journals 333565
Fredman and Morris Public law The Costs of Exclusivity : Public and Private Re-examined http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=public+law&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 edition 69 76. London : Sweet and Maxwell Stevens Journals
Oliver (2000) Public law The Frontiers of the State : Public Authorities and Public Functions under the Human Rights Act http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=public+law&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 pages 476. London : Sweet and Maxwell Stevens Journals 333565
Halliday (2000) Public law The influence of Judicial Review on Bureaucratic Decision-making http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=public+law&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 pages 110-123. London : Sweet and Maxwell Stevens Journals 333565
R. Gordon (1995) Public law The Law Commission and Judicial Review : Managing the Tensions between Case Management and Public Interest Challenges http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=public+law&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 pages 11. London : Sweet and Maxwell Stevens Journals 333565
** Recommended Consultation
Modern Law Review
Public Law
Public Administration

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6