Showing posts with label rationality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rationality. Show all posts

Monday, 24 June 2013

First Principles: Substantive and Procedural Review on the UKSC

The decision of the UK Supreme Court in Bank Mellat v Her Majesty's Treasury (No. 2) [2013] UKSC 39 is not exactly ground-breaking as a matter of law, and is certainly the poor relation of Bank Mellat (No. 1), UKSC 38 (see e.g. here), but it is nonetheless a very interesting case on the application of the general principles of administrative law.

Tuesday, 19 February 2013

President Obama's Executive Order on Cybersecurity

Given the recent discussion of the constraints law places -- or doesn't place -- on administration, I think Executive Order -- Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity is noteworthy. Even though President Obama is not under any duty to follow the strictures of the Administrative Procedure Act in issuing executive orders, the hallmarks of administrative law can be glimpsed in this important document.