International Administrative Law Advanced

Module 1 — Advanced Principles of Administrative Legality

Students examine legality, jurisdiction, delegated authority and the requirement that public bodies exercise power within the limits established by applicable law.

Module 2 — Administrative Decision-Making and Fairness

Students analyse procedural fairness, impartiality, legitimate expectations, reasons for decisions and other safeguards applicable to administrative decision-making.

Module 3 — Delegated Powers and Regulatory Authority

Students examine delegation of public power, regulatory authority, statutory limits and mechanisms for ensuring that delegated institutions remain accountable.

Module 4 — Judicial Review of Administrative Action

Students examine judicial review principles, including jurisdictional error, legality, procedural fairness, rationality and the limits of judicial intervention.

Module 5 — Discretion, Proportionality and Public Accountability

Students analyse administrative discretion, proportionality, reasonableness and institutional accountability, including safeguards against arbitrary or abusive exercises of public power.

Module 6 — Administrative Remedies and Comparative Practice

Students apply advanced administrative law principles to remedies and comparative problems involving public authorities, regulators and international administrative institutions.

Knowledge Test

1. What is the principle of administrative legality concerned with?

Ensuring that public authorities exercise power within the limits of applicable law Giving public officials unlimited discretion Preventing courts from reviewing administrative action Allowing authorities to disregard statutory requirements

2. What does procedural fairness generally seek to protect?

Fair and lawful decision-making processes for persons affected by administrative decisions Automatic victory for every claimant Unlimited administrative discretion The secrecy of every government decision

3. Why can judicial review of administrative action be important?

It can provide legal oversight of whether public authorities have acted within their lawful powers It automatically replaces every administrative decision It eliminates the need for administrative institutions It gives courts unlimited policy-making authority

4. What is a key concern when reviewing administrative discretion?

Whether discretion has been exercised lawfully, rationally and for proper purposes Whether every discretionary decision must produce the same result Whether officials may ignore relevant considerations Whether statutory powers have no legal limits

5. What is one purpose of administrative remedies?

To provide lawful mechanisms for challenging or correcting unlawful administrative action To prevent all challenges to public authorities To guarantee damages in every case To remove the requirement for lawful decision-making