Perspectives on Administrative Justice: contemporary challenges and opportunities - an introduction

Recognition of human rights protection as a central theme of concern has enriched constitutional discourse but diverted attention from the positive role of the executive in the promotion and delivery of justice. The papers abstracted in this collection seek to redress this contemporary imbalance in public law theory and scholarship with a variety of fresh perspectives on the themes and mechanisms of administrative justice. Presented virtually to the Law and Society 2020 annual meeting at a roundtable organised by Professors Anne Richardson Oakes of the Centre for American Legal Studies Birmingham City University U.K. and Ricardo Perlingeiro of Estácio de Sá University, Rio de Janeiro, the papers represent work in progress and come out of on an ongoing project carried out jointly with the Post-Graduate Law Program of the University Estácio de Sá/PPGD-Unesa (with support of the Post-Graduate Administrative Justice Program of the Fluminense Federal University/PPGJA-UFF) in partnership with the Centre for American Legal Studies (School of Law at Birmingham City University).