This book of essays celebrates Mark Aronson's contribution to administrative law. As joint author of the leading Australian text on judicial review of administrative action, Aronson's work is well-known to public lawyers throughout the common law world and this is reflected in the list of contributors from the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. The introduction comes from Justice Michael Kirby of the High Court of Australia. The essays reflect Aronson's interests in judicial review, non-judicial grievance mechanisms, problems of proof and evidence, and the boundaries of public and private law. Amongst the contributors, Peter Cane, Elizabeth Fisher, and Linda Pearson write on administrative adjudication and decision-making, Anita Stuhmcke writes on Ombudsmen, and Robin Creyke and John McMillan, the Commonwealth Ombudsman, write on charters, codes and 'soft law'. There are evaluations of the profound influence of human rights law on judicial review from the UK by Sir Jack Beatson and Thomas Poole and from Canada by David Mullan. Matthew Groves and Chief Justice James Spigelman address developing themes in judicial review, while Carol Harlow, Richard Rawlings, Michael Taggart and Janet McLean follow Aronson's interests into the private side of public law. An American perspective is added by Alfred Aman and Jack Beermann.

This book is a comprehensive, up-to-date text on environmental and planning law in New South Wales. Authored by leading academics, it provides original commentary and case analysis which take into account international as well as national developments. The book includes detailed analysis of the relevant Commonwealth law. The authors also discuss different approaches to environmental regulation, including the use of market forces, and explain the policy background to legislative provisions. Chapters include: development control; planning; environmental assessment; energy law and global climate change; water; integrated natural resource management; conserving biodiversity; protected areas; heritage; pollution; waste, chemicals, contaminated land and dangerous goods; corporate social responsibility.