Administrative law is all around us. It regulates not only the way we enter the world and the way we depart it, but everything in between from the food we eat to the air we breathe, from the education we receive to the workplaces in which we toil, from the roads that we use to the forms of public assistance on which we rely. No other branch of law governs so much. The purpose of this course is to explore the fundamental building blocks of Canadian administrative law. Central questions include: What is the point of the modern administrative state and the various agencies that comprise it? How do public law principles and presumptions make the exercise of administrative power accountable to members of the public? What constraints do written and unwritten constitutional principles impose on public authorities? What does the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms have to say about the exercise of administrative power?
Administrative law is all around us. It regulates not only the way we enter the world and the way we depart it, but everything in between from the food we eat to the air we breathe, from the education we receive to the workplaces in which we toil, from the roads that we use to the forms of public assistance on which we rely. No other branch of law governs so much. The purpose of this course is to explore the fundamental building blocks of Canadian administrative law. Central questions include: What is the point of the modern administrative state and the various agencies that comprise it? How do public law principles and presumptions make the exercise of administrative power accountable to members of the public? What constraints do written and unwritten constitutional principles impose on public authorities? What does the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms have to say about the exercise of administrative power?
