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Administrative Law Of The Seventies, Hudson N. Janisch May 1978

Administrative Law Of The Seventies, Hudson N. Janisch

Dalhousie Law Journal

Canadian lawyers make far too little use of the rich body of administrative law which has been developed in the United States. To some extent this is because the very sophistication and complexity of that law makes occasional unorganized forays and serendipitous research intimidating and, all too often, frustrating ventures. The purpose of this review is to introduce the Canadian reader to the latest volume of the leading treatise and to a new one volume textbook. Each, in its own way, may serve as an invaluable guide and introduction to American administrative law. Before going any further it would be …


The University Visitor, William Ricquier May 1978

The University Visitor, William Ricquier

Dalhousie Law Journal

Despite having provided, in Doctor Bentley's case, 2 one of the seminal cases concerning the right to be heard, it would be an exaggeration to say that the university as an institution has played a major role in the emergence of a developed system of administrative law. There are a number of reasons for this. Generally, it must be observed that only in comparatively recent times has there been such a system, and that, either as a part of such a development, or as a result of it, the courts have only recently extended the scope of judicial review from …


Recent Developments In Nova Scotian Administrative Law, David J. Mullan Feb 1978

Recent Developments In Nova Scotian Administrative Law, David J. Mullan

Dalhousie Law Journal

In 1976, in the first of these surveys, I dealt exclusively with Nova Scotia decisions involving the substantive grounds of judicial review - jurisdictional error, error of law on the face of the record and breach of the rules of natural justice.' Remedies were scarcely mentioned for the very good reason that in the period then under review there were few, if any cases, raising important remedial problems. Now, just over a year later, the situation is the reverse. Most of the interesting judicial review cases of the last eighteen months in Nova Scotia have been ones involving remedial problems. …