Abstract:
This review must start by paying tribute to the late Professor Michael Taggart. Mike has been a towering influence on New Zealand administrative law and a leading figure in New Zealand’s contribution to administrative law around the common law world — a mighty totara indeed. We all expected to be enlightened by his insights, and to benefit from his legendary support, collegiality and humour for many more years to come. Instead, following his untimely passing on 13 August 2009, it now falls to us to mine the plentiful treasures in the body of scholarship that he left behind, and further to pursue the various fields of inquiry that he did so much to open up. ...