Administrative Law in Context, 4th Edition

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: A Map for the Complex World of Administrative Decision-Making and Law.

Part I: Key Themes and Concepts
Chapter 2: What People Want, What They Get, and the Administrative State
Chapter 3: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about the Rule of Law but were Afraid to Ask in Class
Chapter 4: Delegation and Consultation: How the Administrative State Functions and the Importance of Rules
Chapter 5: Realizing Aboriginal Administrative Law

Part II: Procedural Fairness
Chapter 6: Fair Processes for Just Outcomes: The Principles and Practices of Procedural Fairness
Chapter 7: A Charter Twist on Procedural Fairness
Chapter 8: The Duty of the Administrative State to Consult Indigenous Peoples
Chapter 9: The Architecture of Fairness: Independence, Impartiality, and Bias
Chapter 10: Spanning the Constitutional Divide Between the Judiciary and The Executive: The Ill-Fated Nature of Administrative Tribunals

Part III: Substantive Review
Chapter 11: A Short History of Standard of Review
Chapter 12: Big Bang Theory: Vavilov’s New Framework for Substantive Review
Chapter 13: One of these things is not like the other: Vavilov and Municipal Decision-Making
Chapter 14: International Human Rights Norms and the Substantive Review of Administrative Decision-Making
Chapter 15: The Charter and Administrative Law: Substantive Review
Chapter 16: Fairness in Context: Achieving Fairness through Access to Administrative Justice

Part IV: Forums
Chapter 17: Habeas Corpus Unbound
Chapter 18: Much Ado About Quite A Bit: Administrative Agencies
Chapter 19: At the Core of Things: Section 96 of the Constitution Act, 1867 and Administrative Law
Chapter 20: Crown Liability for Negligent Administrative Action
Chapter 21: 3Ps: A Public/Private Primer

Archived Chapters from the 3rd Edition

Chapter 2: Remedies in Administrative Law: A Roadmap to a Parallel Legal Universe
Chapter 8: Delegation and Consultation: How the Administrative State Functions and the Importance of Rules
Chapter 11: Standard of Review: Back to the Future?
Chapter 12: Making Sense of Reasonableness
Chapter 14: Top Ten Questions (and a Few Answers) About Substantive Review
Chapter 15: Making a Federal Case Out of It: The Federal Court and Administrative Law

Archived Chapters from the 2nd Edition

Chapter 2: The Tools of the Administrative State and the Regulatory Mix
Chapter 5: From Natural Justice to Fairness: Thresholds, Content, and the Role of Judicial Review
Chapter 6: Advocacy Before Administrative Tribunals
Chapter 11: Administrative Discretion: Between Exercising Power and Conducting Dialogue
Chapter 16: Getting the Story Out: Accountability and the Law of Public Inquiries

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