Dean R. Knight explores how courts vary the depth of scrutiny in judicial review and the virtues of different approaches.

A comprehensive review and analysis of the exercise of the reserve power in countries that have Westminster systems.

An original work on the important idea of reason of state and British and imperial history and constitutional theory.

An original account of the 1975 constitutional crisis and its continuing relevance for informal constitutional change in contemporary Australian law.

A revisionary account of the South African Constitutional Court, its working method and the neglected political underpinnings of its success.

Examining doctrinal, conceptual and normative dimensions of judicial review of administrative action, Dean R. Knight explores how Anglo-Commonwealth courts vary the depth of scrutiny in a variety of ways and critically appraises the virtues of different approaches.