Library

LAW3ADM: Administrative Law

Key Resources:

• Australian Administrative Law (also known as Pearce)
  Available: In print: Bundoora Reserve 342 A932 | Online
  This service provides commentary from one of this area's leading specialists, D C Pearce, together with contributions from S Zifcak and M Paterson on Freedom of Information and P Telford on Privacy. It contains all-important legislation relating to Commonwealth administrative law, and extracts from other relevant federal legislation. The commentary is written to help you understand the operation of the Commonwealth administrative review system.
  
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• Victorian Administrative Law (also known as Kyrou)
  Available: In print only: Bundoora Reserve 342 V64
  Victorian Administrative Law is a complete source of materials relating to administrative law in Victoria. Its coverage includes the relevantlegislation in the following areas: Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT), Freedom of Information, Judicial Review, Ombudsman, Privacy. Extensive reference materials include an overview of administrative law remedies, analysis of new cases in the VCAT and the Supreme Court, extracts from the Supreme Court Act and Rules with explanatory commentary, practice notes, forms and precedents, and tables listing VCAT’s review and original jurisdictions.
  
• Australian Administrative Appeals Tribunal Practice Commentary (CCH)
  Available: Online
• Australian Administrative Appeals Tribunal Practice Legislation (CCH)
  Available: Online

Cases

Always check CaseBase or FirstPoint to see if a decision that appears on AustLII has subsequently appeared in a reported series.

Abbreviation		Publisher
AATA	Administrative Appeals Tribunal Decisions	AustLII
ALD	Administrative Law Decisions 1976+	LexisNexis AU
VAR	Victorian Administrative Reports	In Print
VCAT	Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Decisions	AustLII

The decisions from other tribunals can be found via WebLaw.

Databases:

• AGIS
• APAFT
• Full text newspaper articles: Factiva
• Google Scholar
  

Legislation and Related Materials

Internet Resources:

• WebLaw: Administrative Law
• Commonwealth AAT
• Commonwealth Ombudsman
• Commonwealth government
• VCAT
• Victorian Ombudsman
• Victorian government
• Administrative Review Council
• Australian Institute of Administrative Law