Administrative Law Matters

Commentary on developments in administrative law, particularly judicial review of administrative action by common law courts.

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Ideology and Administrative Law

Now that all the fuss about his past life as a blogger has died down, it is safe to venture a few comments about Justice Russell Brown’s appointment to the Supreme Court. He replaces Rothstein J., who retires today, leaving a very large gap in the Court’s administrative law and economic regulation expertise. Brown J. […] Read more

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Cheryl Saunders on the Crown

Readers may be interested in Cheryl Saunders, “The Concept of the Crown“: This article deals with the weight that is borne by the concept of the Crown in the public law of common law jurisdictions in the absence of a developed theory of the state. I argue that the concept of the Crown has evolved […] Read more

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What’s in a Name? Procedural Fairness in Government Contracting: Canadian Arab Federation v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2015 FCA 168

I posted about the first-instance decision in Canadian Arab Federation v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2015 FCA 168 a while ago. Here, the Minister refused to enter into a new agreement with the Federation because of what he perceived as anti-semitic comments by one of its representatives. My particular interest is in the procedural fairness […] Read more