Download or read book Legitimate Expectations and Proportionality in Administrative Law written by Robert Thomas and published by Hart Publishing. This book was released on 2000-09 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a comparison of the development in European and English law of two legal principles, legitimate expectations and proportionality, against the different traditions of administrative law. Looks at case law of the English courts and the European Court of Justice, and explains why English courts have been troubled by legitimate expectations and proportionality and how such difficulties can be resolved. Suggests that problems associated with these principles are connected to different cultural approaches to the appropriate role of law in the modern state. Of interest to administrative lawyers. The author teaches law at the University of Manchester. Distributed by ISBS. c. Book News Inc.