Includes bibliographical references and index.

The foundations of administrative law -- The principles of administrative law and their realization -- The significance of procedures -- Law and the problem of bureaucracy -- Rule by bureaucracy: rulemaking and adjudication in administrative agencies -- Local governance -- Tax administration -- Administering the environmental law regime -- Regulating the prosecutorial power -- Administering elections -- Administrative law in the 'contracting state' -- The ombudsman and good administration -- The politics of judicial review -- Judicial remedies for maladministration.