legal doctrine
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#LOLNothingMatters
The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold deferential review of administrative decisions that implicate “Charter values” is deeply unserious Continue reading
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Looking past Dunsmuir: Beginning Afresh
Imagining stable and generally acceptable administrative law doctrine Continue reading
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All about Administrative Law
Justice Stratas’ remarkable endeavour to improve our understanding of administrative law Continue reading
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(La) Doctrine
What do legal doctrine and la doctrine have to do with each other? I was at the colloquium that McGill’s Crépeau Centre held on Friday for its 40th anniversary on the topic of “The Responsibility of Doctrine.” It was quite interesting, if a little uncanny for someone who, despite my McGill professors’ best efforts, never found the Continue reading
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Taking Doctrine Seriously
Some thoughts on a most interesting lecture by Justice David Stratas Last week, at the Canadian Constitution Foundation’s Law and Freedom 2016 conference, Justice David Stratas of the Federal Court of Appeal delivered a fascinating lecture called “The Decline of Legal Doctrine.” I highly recommend it. I won’t summarize it beyond saying that Justice Stratas’ Continue reading
Double Aspect 