Like previous editions of this book the third edition Cane's Introduction to Administrative Law provides a clear and relatively short statement of the most important rules concerning judicial control of governmental administrative activity. It also provides a wider framework for understanding those rules. This framework is provided by considering the constitutional context of judicial control, the relationship between judicial control and other mechanisms for checking administrative activity, and the impact of judicial control on the agencies subject to it. What emerges clearly from considering judicial control in this wider context is that the role of the courts in adjudicating complaints about governmental administrative action is not that of mutual arbiter but that of active participant in the public decision-making process. This book provides students and their teachers with a concise but critical analysis of the law. Reviews of previous editions: "An extremely useful and thought-provoking book." Public Law "Cane's book, the most recent in the Clarendon Law Series, maintains the highest standards of its predecessor. It provides the newcomer to administrative law with a clear coherent review of the subject. It is a flowing and well-written text and as an introduction Cane's book admirably fulfills his purpose." Cambridge Law Journal "Mr Cane has clarity and a sense of proportion isolating the structure of the subject such as it is bringing out important underlying themes and discussing the major controversies with critical insights. It deserves to be widely read. It sets the beginner firmly upon the right track and contains ideas and insights which would stimulate even the most hard-bitten veteran." Law Quarterly Review.