For example, the government's policy on genetically modified organisms has become a subject matter for administrative law. The pressure group ''Friends of the Earth'' has challenged in a judicial review action the Home Secretary''s decision to continue the outdoor trial planting of GMO crops. Administrative law is also dynamic because it can no longer be just understood in a national context but is influenced by legal and political developments on a local and international level. For example, the Government of Wales Act 1998 gives rise to new administrative structures and legal mechanisms in Wales. At an international level in particular EC law, for example through the principle of proportionality, has influenced administrative law in Britain.
Administrative law can be also a very practical subject.
For example, the disciplinary powers which the University has in relation to students and students'' relationships with the Student Loan Company are guided by administrative law principles. To provide students with the knowledge and the skills in this field of legal study which they will require for the purposes of working as a lawyer. To develop critical understanding of how the law regulates and facilitates the activities of government. A case study illustrating key themes of contemporary administrative law. A description of central government powers and institutions.