Free Download Peter Cane, "Administrative Tribunals and Adjudication"
English | 2009 | ISBN: 1841130095, 1849460914 | PDF | pages: 312 | 1.6 mb
Among the many constitutional developments of the past century or so, one of the most significant has been the creation and proliferation of institutions that perform functions similar to those performed by courts but which are considered to be, and in some ways are, different and distinct from courts as traditionally conceived. In much of the common law world, such institutions are called ‘administrative tribunals’. Their main function is to adjudicate disputes between citizens and the state by reviewing decisions of government agencies – a function also performed by courts in ‘judicial review’ proceedings and appeals. Although tribunals in aggregate adjudicate many more such disputes than courts, tribunals and their role as dispensers of ‘administrative justice’ receive relatively little scholarly attention.
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