Administrative Law Matters
Commentary on developments in administrative law, particularly judicial review of administrative action by common law courts.
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Reminder: Sunny Kang, “Algorithmic Accountability in Public Administration: The GDPR Paradox”, Administrative Law & Governance Colloquium, Tuesday, March 8, 11.30
The next session in this year’s Administrative Law & Governance Colloquium, Artificial Administration: Automation, Digitization and Artificial Intelligence in Public Administration, takes place on Tuesday, March 8 at 11.30 eastern. Register here. Or join directly here. Dr. Sunny Kang (Visa) will be addressing “Algorithmic Accountability in Public Administration: The GDPR Paradox”. Here is her bio: […] Read more
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Janina Boughey, The Automated State: Implications, Challenges and Opportunities for Public Law
Paul Daly February 28, 2022
Here is the video from Dr. Janina Boughey’s presentation at this year’s Administrative Law & Governance Colloquium: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfVvTRR6WOs The Colloquium continues next week, with Dr. Sunny Kang. You can register here. Read more
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Rabinder Singh, The Unity of Law
Paul Daly February 25, 2022
Hart Publishing is kindly offering a discount for Administrative Law Matters readers on Rabinder Singh, The Unity of Law. Lord Justice Singh is a senior member of the British judiciary and was, prior to his appointment to the bench, a leading barrister with a broad practice in public and commercial law (one of the last […] Read more
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The Justification for Declaring a “Public Order Emergency”
Paul Daly February 18, 2022
Several of the documents relied upon by the federal government to justify its declaration this week of a “public order emergency” under the Emergencies Act are now in the public domain via journalists from various organizations [EDIT: as Lyle Skinner points out to me, the documents are in the public domain by virtue of having […] Read more
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Determining Whether There is a “Public Order Emergency” in Canada: How Would the Courts Approach the Issue?
Paul Daly February 16, 2022
In earlier posts on this week’s s declaration of a “public order emergency”, I have considered whether asset freezing is authorized in a “public order emergency” (see here) and outlined the scope of the emergency measures adopted last night (see here). In this post, I consider the legal standard for declaring a “public order emergency” […] Read more
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Scoping the Measures made under the Emergencies Act
Paul Daly February 16, 2022
Last night the federal government published the emergency measures made under the Emergencies Act. I will post separately, in light of these measures, on how the courts are likely to determine (if asked) the standard for declaring a “public order emergency” under Act has been met. My focus on this post is on the strikingly […] Read more
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Emergency! Can the Federal Government Freeze Assets in a “Public Order Emergency”?
Paul Daly February 15, 2022
As you all know, the centre of Ottawa is currently occupied by groups protesting a variety of pandemic-related public health measures. In addition, there are blockades at borders elsewhere in the province and in Canada, as well as a variety of protests in cities around the country. Yesterday, the federal government declared a “public order […] Read more
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Catherine Sharkey: Government by Algorithm: Artificial Intelligence in Federal Administration
Paul Daly February 14, 2022
Here is the video from Professor Catherine Sharkey’s presentation to the Administrative Law & Governance Colloquium last week: https://youtu.be/Sh1v8yo3DNs?t=23 Tomorrow evening, Dr. Janina Boughey will be joining us from Sydney. You can tune in here at 8.30 pm EST. And you can register for the rest of the series here. Read more
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Administrative Law & Governance Colloquium 2022: Janina Boughey (The Automated State), Tuesday February 15 8.30pm
Paul Daly February 12, 2022
The next speaker in this year’s Administrative Law & Governance Colloquium on automation, digitization and artificial intelligence in public administration will be Janina Boughey from the University of New South Wales, discussing her edited collection, The Automated State, at the unusual time of 8.30pm eastern (morning the following day Down Under). You can register here […] Read more
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Comparative Administrative Law
Paul Daly February 11, 2022
The British Association of Comparative Law has kindly allowed me to post on the comparative law aspects of Understanding Administrative Law in the Common Law World. The post begins: I am happy to describe myself as a comparative lawyer. I studied law in my native Ireland, before doing an LLM in the United States and […] Read more
