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- Title: Administrative Justice - Towards Integrity in Government. (Australia)
- Author : Melbourne University Law Review
- Release Date : January 01, 2007
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 322 KB
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[The concept of administrative justice--justice within the administrative law system is a relatively new one and has received less sustained attention in Australia than elsewhere. This article notes the history of the concept in Australia, how it is used, and examines which bodies should be subject to administrative justice. The most vexed issue, however, is how to assess whether administrative justice has been achieved. By what standard is administrative justice to be measured? The author has chosen a methodology based on that adopted by Australian researchers who mapped national integrity systems. Since administrative law bodies were among the government agencies selected for that research, the hypothesis is that a methodology which applies to the whole can apply equally to the parts. That methodology, was used to map the strengths and weaknesses of the administrative law system, and how coherently the system operates. The results showed that the coherence of parts of the system is questionable and that there are weaknesses in the system, but at the margins, not its core. Overall, the system was providing the outcomes for which it was established. The upshot is that although the definition of administrative justice remains elusive, a start has been made. The tools to undertake the task have been identified and it is now for administrative law institutions' and others in the administrative law community to build on these steps so that this concept--integral to the administrative law system can be better understood.] I INTRODUCTION