ABSTRACT
Administrative justice is part and parcel of the common, though frequently unarticulated, understandings and expectations inherent in the constitutional fabric woven from the weft and warp of our political and legal systems. Put quite simply, it is a fundamental principle that government – at all levels and in all its manifestations – should act justly in its dealings with the public. Of course, this is a classic example of ‘more easily said than done’. Not only are the means to attain administrative justice problematic, but the concept of justice itself is ambiguous and often contested.
