Administrative Law Trends in the Commonwealth

Abstract

This is a paper presented by Sir Robin Cooke at the Fifth Sultan Azlan Shah Law Lecture, held in Kuala Lumpur on 4 December 1990. Sir Robin first discusses administrative law trends and tensions in the Commonwealth, drawing on anecdotal evidence of his own experience on the bench. His discussion is wide-ranging, canvassing (then) recent cases in New Zealand, England, Australia, and Canada. He then looks more widely, if briefly, at South Africa, before concluding with an outside look at Malaysian administrative law. Abstract by Tim Cochrane.

Keywords: Lord Cooke, administrative law, public law, commonwealth administrative law, Sultan Azlan Shah, South African administrative law, Malaysian administrative law

JEL Classification: K23, K49