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The reformation of English administrative law

Poole, Thomas ORCID: 0000-0001-9721-7502 (2007) The reformation of English administrative law. LSE law, society and economy working papers (12-2007). Department of Law, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

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Abstract

This article examines the process of constitutionalisation that is ongoing in English administrative law. It does so by focussing on two key questions which, although hitherto largely overlooked by commentators, are beginning to receive attention in the courts. The first question – the ‘sin’ of omission – relates to the question of how the courts should respond when an agency has not consciously approached a decision through a rights-based framework. The second question – the ‘sin’ of commission – asks how courts should respond when an agency explicitly reaches a decision on the basis of rights and proportionality. The answers we give to these questions will help to define the nature of the emerging ‘culture of rights’. Staking out a position against ‘hardline’ proponents of rights-based judicial review, I suggest, first, that agencies should not be placed under a duty to articulate decisions through a rights-based framework and, second, that some provisional weight should be accorded to an agency’s own assessment of the rights issues at stake.

Item Type: Monograph (Working Paper)
Official URL: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/law/wps/wps1.htm
Additional Information: © 2007 The Author
Divisions: Law
Subjects: K Law > KD England and Wales
Date Deposited: 28 Jul 2009 15:13
Last Modified: 13 Sep 2024 20:04
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/24620

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