Question 1:
The use made of decision-making bodies such as commissions, tribunals, boards and statutory bodies for the purpose of achieving celerity in public affairs opens the way to a new type of despotism in modern democracies. Support or challenge the validity of this statement.
Question 2:
“The education sector is today emerging as a vibrant knowledge industry. Our laws in Mauritius are ill-equipped and inadequate to usher in that new age and meet new challenges of the time.”
Discuss the above statement with specific emphasis to –
(a) The weaknesses and strengths of our present education laws; and
(b) What amendments might be brought to the existing legal environment in education sector?
Question 3:
Enumerate and comment on the number and nature of grounds on the basis of which a citizen might challenge the decision of a public body. Demonstrate your answer with decided cases in English and Mauritian law.
Question 4:
What are the features which distinguish an action in administrative law from an action in other fields of law in Mauritian legal and judicial system?