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Plural Public Law: Principles
I gave my inaugural lecture as the University Research Chair in Administrative Law at the University of Ottawa last week. You can watch the lecture here (after some introductory remarks from Dean Sylvestre, Chief Justice Wagner and Justice Bich). The comments from my respondents, Justice Stratas and Professor Cartier can be found here. I posted […] Read more
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Administrative Law & Governance Colloquium 2020: Sarah Nason, Monday, March 16, 5pm WEBCAST
On Monday, the Administrative Law & Governance Colloquium features Sarah Nason (Bangor Law School), on the topic of “Interpretation”. Due to her institution’s Coronavirus policy, Dr Nason is unable to travel to Ottawa as planned. But she will be presenting via videoconference. And every cloud has a silver lining: this means that Dr Nason’s presentation […] Read more
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Administrative Law & Governance Colloquium 2020: Matthew Lewans, Monday, March 9, FTX 137, 5pm
On Monday, the Administrative Law & Governance Colloquium features Matthew Lewans from the University of Alberta, on the topic of “Deference” (Monday March 9, FTX 137, 17:00 to 19:00). As ever, all are welcome to attend. Prof Lewans will be discussing in particular his monograph, Administrative Law and Judicial Deference (Hart Publishing, 2016): In recent […] Read more
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Inaugural Lecture Livestream
Just a brief note to alert readers who are not in Ottawa that tomorrow’s inaugural lecture event will be livestreamed on Twitter from 17.00 EST, at this link, featuring an introduction by Wagner CJ and comments by Professor Cartier and Stratas JA after my talk, with Bich JA moderating. Read more
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Silence and Bias: CNY17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] HCA 50
From the High Court of Australia, a fascinating case on bias, resulting in a narrow 3-2 win for an immigrant who had been refused a protection visa: CNY17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] HCA 50. The split on the Court illustrates how difficult applying the rule against bias can be and, in […] Read more
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Introducing Plural Public Law
My inaugural lecture as the University Research Chair in Administrative Law & Governance takes place on Wednesday evening, 5pm (register here). Here is the introductory section of the lecture. The rest will follow on Wednesday evening... We live in a world of increasing complexity, submerged by tidal waves of statutes, delegated legislation, soft law, judicial […] Read more
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Pojanowski, “Neoclassical Administrative Law”
Paul Daly February 26, 2020
On the reading list for this week’s installment of the Administrative Law & Governance colloquium was Jeffrey A Pojanowski’s article, “Neoclassical Administrative Law“. Here is the abstract: This Article introduces an approach to administrative law that reconciles a more formalist, classical understanding of law and its supremacy with the contemporary administrative state. Courts adopting this […] Read more
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A Few Observations about Life Post-Vavilov
Paul Daly February 21, 2020
I’ve been reading and listening closely (or, at least, as closely as time will allow) to the post-Vavilov output of Canadian courts and commentators. I have been struck by a number of things. First, some people are very confident that they are absolutely sure what the effects of Vavilov will be. For my part, although […] Read more
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Administrative Law & Governance Colloquium 2020: Gillian Metzger, Monday, February 24 (FTX 137, with pizza)
Paul Daly February 17, 2020
The first of this year’s Administrative Law & Governance Colloquium kicks off next week with Professor Gillian Metzger (Columbia) on the topic of “Legitimacy”: Monday February 24, FTX 137 (First floor, Fauteux Hall, 57 Louis Pasteur, K1N 6N5), 17:00 to 19:00. All are welcome to attend — there will even be pizza. Discussion will turn […] Read more
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Hold the Date! Day-long conference on Vavilov, Monday, April 20, University of Ottawa
Paul Daly February 13, 2020
More details will follow in due course, but readers may appreciate knowing that on Monday, April 20, I am organizing a day-long conference on Vavilov, to take place in the Desmarais Building at the University of Ottawa (with support from the Alex Trebek Forum for Dialogue, the Centre for Public Law and the Health Policy […] Read more