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The Ius Commune Casebook on Judicial Review of Administrative Action will study the law governing judicial review throughout Europe. It will concentrate on the foundations and underlying principles of judicial review and will examine topics such as the organisation of judicial review in administrative matters and the types of administrative action and corresponding kinds of review. Profound attention will also be devoted to the conduct of the court proceedings, the grounds for review and standard of review and the remedies available in judicial review cases.

For these aspects, the relevant rules and national case law of Germany, the United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands will be analysed and compared. The similarities and differences between the legal systems will be highlighted. The impact of the European Court of Human Rights as well as to the influence of EU initiatives and the case law of the European Court of Justice in the various jurisdictions will also be brought into the analysis.

During the last decade, the growing influence of EU law on national procedural law has been recognized more and more. However, the way in which national systems of judicial review cope with the requirements imposed by EU law differs substantially. The Casebook will compare the primary sources (statutes, case law etc.) of the countries covered, and the differences and similarities of the systems will be explored: this examination will enable us to answer the question to what extent a ius commune of judicial review of administrative action is developing.