This edition has been revised to provide an analysis of more than 200 Irish cases in administrative law handed down by the courts since the first edition of this work was published in 1986. It emphasizes developments in constitutional justice, state liability and control of discretionary powers. There is also a survey of the system of judicial review five years after its establishment by the Rules of the Superior Courts. Further changes include a new chapter on the emerging principles of legitimate expectations and new sections on administrative circulars, the rationalization of the state-sponsored body sector, the conduct of local authority meetings, the reach of the public law, the demise of the prerogative, law and practice relating to the Ombudsman, local government, state-sponsored bodies, tribunals, inquiries and the civil service.
