I am pleased to be participating in a webinar organized by the University of Essex next week. Joe Tomlinson and I will be presenting our edited collection on methodology in public law whilst Dimitrios Kyritsis and Stuart Lakin will be presenting theirs on constitutional theory. Here is the event description: In the field of public […] Read more

For context, see my introductory post. In this, the final post in the series, I address the possibility of a rapprochement between Canada’s common law and civil law approaches and suggest that the Vavilov decision can be seen as a ‘mini-Code’ of administrative law. Bien que la différence entre les approches des civilistes et les […] Read more

For context, see my introductory post. In this post I address the respective judicial styles of the civil law and common law provinces in Canada in matters of administrative law. A.  Les origines du contrôle judiciaire Nous avons hérité le contrôle judiciaire que nous connaissons aujourd’hui au Canada de l’Empire britannique.[1] Durant le 16e et […] Read more

For context, see my introductory post. In this post I address the respective legislative styles of the civil law and common law legislature in matters of administrative law. A. La loi sur la justice administrative La pierre angulaire du système québécois du droit administratif s’avère la Loi sur la justice administrative.[1] Cette loi-cadre, qui balise […] Read more