Mark Mancini
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A Small Win on Admin Law Expertise
I’ve written before how the Supreme Court’s approach to expertise is wrongheaded in a number of ways. Practically, by saying that expertise “inheres in a tribunal as an institution,” (Edmonton East, at para 33), the Court has simply asserted a fact that is unlikely to be empirically true across the mass of varied decision-makers. Rather,… Continue reading
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The Diceyan Trope
Metaphors, labels, and particular phrases seem to be a constant theme running through Canadian law. In virtually every area of public law, the Supreme Court deploys clever labels and metaphors to convey ideas that are bundled with certain inferences or assumptions about the ideas themselves. The most famous, perhaps, is the living tree model of… Continue reading
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At the Executive’s Pleasure
When Parliament delegates power to agencies, it does so for any number of reasons. At least in theory, Parliament could delegate to a tribunal because it genuinely believes that some particular problem requires expert treatment. Parliament could also delegate as part of a “make or buy” decision, in a Coasian sense: the costs of crafting… Continue reading
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Romancing the Law
An ode to formalism and reflections on Runnymede’s Law and Freedom Conference Continue reading
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The Canadian Legal Mandarinate
Why we ran the 12 Days of Christmas symposium Continue reading
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Day Ten: Mark Mancini
We at Double Aspect are very excited to host this important symposium. As I’ve written before, I think it is necessary for observers to turn a critical eye to the Supreme Court’s cases. Those of us interested in doing so should not shirk behind the ceremony of the bench. Here is my list of the… Continue reading
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Day Eight: Andrew Bernstein
Partner in Torys LLP litigation group specializing in public law, IP, and appellate practice I was delighted to be invited [1] to participate in Double Aspect’s Twelve Days of Christmas “Worst Supreme Court of Canada cases 1967-2017,” with a group of knowledgeable scholars, pundits and practitioners.[2] I was even more delighted to be able to submit… Continue reading
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R v Boudreault: Parliament’s Cross to Bear
The rule of law does not countenance the frequent use of suspended declarations. Continue reading
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Statutory Interpretation in Admin Law and the Supreme Court’s Trilogy
Over on Professor Daly’s blog Administrative Law Matters, Professor Audrey Macklin wrote what I would characterize as a confessional: an admission that the law of judicial review in Canada may be beyond repair. What Prof. Macklin proposes, in light of this realization, is a renewed focus on the principles of statutory interpretation, rather than a… Continue reading
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The Administrative Law “Trilogy”: The Stare Decisis Trap
This post originally appeared on Advocates for the Rule of Law. This week, the Supreme Court of Canada finally heard the consolidated appeals in Bell/NFL and Vavilov. ARL, expertly represented by Adam Goldenberg, put forward our submissions on the matter, which focus on a return to the basis of the law of judicial review: its… Continue reading
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