Principles of Administrative Law: A Comparative Study

Description

Administrative Law is a key subject in the field of public law and forms an essential study for lawyers, judges, law students, law teachers, and administrators. This book is a comparative study of the principles of administrative law as developed by the superior courts in Pakistan, India, Britain, and the US. It elaborates on the essential principles and concepts of administrative law including administrative action, administrative discretion, administrative adjudication, delegated legislation, administrative tribunals, the ombudsman, and judicial review of administrative action and discretion. This book covers all aspects of administrative law as taught in LLB and LLM courses in law colleges throughout Pakistan.

It is also an important reference book for lawyers, judges, law teachers, public administrators, and government officials.

Author Biography

Hamid Khan is a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and a founding partner of Cornelius, Lane & Mufti, a leading law firm in Pakistan. He is a former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan (2001–03) and the Lahore High Court Bar Association (1992–93).

Hamid Khan is a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and is one of the founding partners of Cornelius, Lane and Mufti, a leading law firm in Pakistan. He has been President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan (2001-3); President, Lahore High Court Bar Association (1992-3); and Vice Chairman of the Pakistan Bar Council (1996-97).

He regularly lectures on various legal subjects at the Punjab University, the Civil Services Academy, the Administrative Staff College, and the National Institute of Public Administration. He is an Ebert and DAAD Fellow, and a member of the Hague Academy of International Law. He studied law at the University of Punjab and University of Illinois, and has been practicing for more than forty years.

Hamid Khan is also the recipient of three prestigious awards: the Dorab Patel Award for Rule of Law (2002), the Madr-e-Millat Award (2003), and the Distinguished Graduate of the College of Law, University of Illinois (2006).

Hamid Khan has written a number of books on legal subjects, three of which—Administrative Tribunals in Pakistan, (1990) Constitutional and Political History of Pakistan, 3rd edition (OUP, 2017), The Islamic Law of Inheritance, 2nd edition (OUP, 2021) are prescribed as textbooks at the law schools in Pakistan.