450 Administrative Law (Plester)

LAW450

Administrative Law

(Plester)

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Prerequisite for:

Instructor(s): Gregory G. Plester

Course credit: 3

Method of presentation: Lecture

METHOD OF EVALUATION

100% final exam

COURSE DESCRIPTION

An overview of the law dealing with the legal limitations on the actions of public agencies and officials in Canada, and the remedies available to address breaches of these obligations. Topics will include a consideration of the legal principles governing the statutory delegation of governmental power; the law governing administrative procedure; the grounds for judicial review and statutory appeals and standards of review employed by courts in reviewing administrative action; the relationship between constitutional law and administrative law; and the remedies available to address improper action by public officials. The public law duty to consult and accommodate the interests of indigenous people. The emphasis of the course is on helping students to understand administrative law rules and concepts and to apply these rules and concepts to address concrete fact situations.

SPECIAL COMMENTS

Description updated 2020-21. Please contact the instructor for any specific questions you may have related to this particular course section.

REQUIRED TEXTS (IF ANY):

Gus Van Harten, Gerald Heckman and David Mullan, Administrative Law: Cases, Text and Materials, 7th ed (Toronto: Emond Montgomery Publications, 2015).