The Application of the Writ of Mandamus

Lakshman Indranath Keerthisinghe's The Application of the Writ of Mandamus in the exercise of the Writ of Jurisdiction of the Superior courts in Sri Lanka provides recent judicial decisions and development issues in the grant of the writ of Mandamus.

The author gives a balanced account of the subject and explains the constitutional principles that underpin judicial review.

The author examines the evolution of the Writ of Mandamus in a historical and comparative setting. He has done extensive research into several foreign jurisdictions.