450 Administrative Law (Plester/Gunther)

LAW450

Administrative Law 

(Plester/Gunther)

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Instructor(s): Gregory G. Plester, Michael Gunther

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; the remedies available to address improper action by public officials; and 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.

Michael Gunther is the Supervisor of the Administrative Law Practice Group at the City of Edmonton Legal Services Branch. His practice focuses on administrative litigation in the areas of planning and development, property assessment, municipal decision-making, and expropriation.

Gregory Plester is a partner at Brownlee LLP and practices primarily in administrative law and municipal law. He maintains a primarily litigation-based practice in the areas of assessment and taxation and municipal governance. He frequently appears before various tribunals and courts in Alberta.

SPECIAL COMMENTS

Description updated 2023-24. 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, David Mullan and Janna Promislow, Administrative Law: Cases, Text and Materials, 8th ed (Toronto: Emond Montgomery Publications, 2022).