THIS BOOK IS about the relationship between judicial and administrative decision-making. Its aim is to set out a framework for thinking about the extent to which judicial review litigation influences administrative behaviour and is capable of securing compliance with the requirements of administrative law (as expounded through judicial review). This work has emerged from an empirical investigation of routine local government decision-making (administering English homelessness law). The analytical framework presented in this book, accordingly, is rooted in a sociological understanding of how these agencies worked, how they understood law and their experiences of judicial review, and the significance of those understandings to their daily, routine (and often mundane) working practices
