'Daly's book is an excellent and fascinating contribution to administrative law theory that deserves a wide readership. It forces one to examine long-standing taxonomies in English administrative law.' Alison L. Young, Public Law
1. Defining deference; 2. The delegation argument; 3. The practical justifications for curial deference; 4. Variable standards of review; 5. Deference, proportionality and fundamental rights; 6. Jurisdiction, questions of law, and discretion; 7. Deference and political questions.