Intro -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- The Ombudsman and the Rule of Law (John McMillan) -- The Roles of Administrative Courts and Ombudsmen in France and Malta: A Review of Two Contrasting Systems (Ivan Mifsud and Cécile Plaidy) -- Administrative Mediation and Ombudsmen: An Encounter with Internormativity (Marie-José Chidiac) -- Good Governance and Development Challenges in the South Pacific: The Promise of Ombudsmanship ('Dejo Olowu) -- A Specialist Ombudsman for Prisoners (Stephen Shaw) -- The Engaged Ombudsman-Morality and Activism in Attaining Administrative Justice (Gregory J. Levine) -- What Should Be the Primary Focus of the Ombudsman Institution? Protecting Human Rights and Redressing Public Grievances versus Fighting Corruption: Emphasis on South Asia and the Commonwealth Caribbean (Najmul Abedin) -- Contributors to and titles in The Ombudsman Journal and The International Ombudsman Yearbook 1981-2004.