Inside and Outside Canadian Administrative Law: Essays in Honour of David Mullan

508 Pages·2006·2.3 MB·English

by  Grant Huscroft

INSIDE AND OUTSIDE
CANADIAN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
EssaysinHonourofDavidMullan
This page intentionally left blank
Inside and Outside Canadian
Administrative Law
Essays in Honour of David Mullan
EDITED BY
GRANT HUSCROFT AND MICHAEL TAGGART
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS
Toronto Buffalo London
www.utppublishing.com
© UniversityofTorontoPressIncorporated2006
Toronto Buffalo London
PrintedinCanada
ISBN-13:978-0-8020-9245-8
ISBN-10:0-8020-9245-4
Printedonacid-freepaper
LibraryandArchivesCanadaCataloguinginPublication
InsideandoutsideCanadianadministrativelaw:essaysinhonourof
DavidMullan/editedbyGrantHuscroftandMichaelTaggart.
ISBN-13:978-0-8020-9245-8
ISBN-10:0-8020-9245-4
1.Administrativelaw–Canada. I.Mullan,DavidJ.,1946–
II.Huscroft,Grant III.Taggart,Michael IV.Title.
K3400.I582006 342.71’06 C2006-904039-7
UniversityofTorontoPressacknowledgesthefinancialassistancetoits
publishingprogramoftheCanadaCouncilfortheArtsandtheOntario
ArtsCouncil.
UniversityofTorontoPressacknowledgesthefinancialsupportforits
publishingactivitiesoftheGovernmentofCanadathroughtheBook
PublishingIndustryDevelopmentProgram(BPIDP).
Contents
Foreword vii
Acknowledgments ix
Contributors xi
DavidMullan:InAppreciation 1
granthuscroftandmichaeltaggart
AcademeandtheCourts:ProfessorMullan’sContribution 9
beverleymclachlin
LearningAdministrativeLawfromDavidMullan:AnAppreciationof
Evans,Janisch,MullanandRisk,AdministrativeLaw:Cases,Text,and
Materials 30
h.wademaclauchlanandphilipbryden
TheUneasyRelationshipbetweenIndependenceandAppointmentsin
CanadianAdministrativeLaw 50
lornesossin
WhereDoTribunalsFitintotheAustralianSystemofAdministration
andAdjudication? 81
robincreyke
AdministrativeLawDevelopmentsinNewZealandasSeenthrough
ImmigrationLaw 125
k.j.keith
vi Contents
ProcessandSubstanceinJudicialReview 162
paulcraig
A‘Mullanian’ApproachtotheDoctrineofLegitimateExpectations:
RealQuestionsandPromisingAnswers 185
genevièvecartier
Roadblocks,Restraint,andRemedies:TheIdeaofProgressin
AdministrativeLaw 211
janetm lean
c
TheCodificationofAdministrativeLawinQuebec 240
denislemieux
Globalization,‘Local’ForeignPolicy,andAdministrativeLaw 259
michaeltaggart
JudicialReviewfromCUPEtoCUPE:LessIsNotAlwaysMore 296
granthuscroft
FromDespairtoDeference:SameDifference? 327
hughcorder
TheImportanceofBeingContextual:DeferenceSouthofthe
Border 351
alfredc.aman,jr.
PrincipleandPragmatism:AdministrativeAgencies’Jurisdictionover
ConstitutionalIssues 377
johnm.evans
‘CommonPublicLawintheAgeofLegislation’:DavidMullanandthe
UnwrittenConstitution 421
markwalters
DavidMullan’sTheoryoftheRuleof(Common)Law 448
daviddyzenhaus
TheWritingsofDavidMullan 485
Foreword
Itisasituationthathappenseverydayinlawfirms,administrativetri-
bunal offices, and judicial chambers. An administrative law issue has
arisen.Theissueisdifficult.Theneedforanswersisurgent.Thetimeis
runningout.Inthissituation,foraslongastheadministrativelawbar
inCanadacanremember,thereisonlyonequestion:
‘WhatdoesProfessorMullanhavetosayabouttheissue?’
Invariably,afterjustabriefsearch,wefindoneofhistimelyconfer-
encepapers,oneofhisincisivearticles,oroneofhisclassictexts.Sure
enough,DavidMullan’sinsightsarethere–veryrecent,practicalones,
exactlyonpoint,ontheveryissuethatjustashorttimeagoseemedso
intractable. Soon afterward, the insights find their way into the work
product: a research memorandum, an opinion letter, a legal brief, oral
argumentorrulingsandreasonsforjudgment,oftenbecomingthevery
essenceofit.
David’scontributiondoesnotendthere.Chancesarethathetaught
thewriterortherecipientoftheworkproduct,shapinghisorherfun-
damentalunderstandingofthearea.Orperhapsthewriterorrecipient
attended one of the innumerable conferences to which David volun-
teershistime.Orperhapsthewriterorrecipienthasreadworkproduct
shaped by David’s work or authored by someone shaped and influ-
encedbyDavid.
David’scontributionisunique,profound,andunparalleledinqual-
ityandextent.Itisfairtosaythatadministrativelawinthemodernera
in Canada was born in 1968 when the Honourable James McRuer
released his great five-volume report, Inquiry into Civil Rights. Two
yearslater,DavidcametoCanadaandfromthattimehas actedlikea
lovingparentoverthisareaoflaw,watchingoverit,nurturingit,help-
viii Foreword
ingittodevelop.Asaresult,weinCanadatodayarethebeneficiaries
of a mature system of administrative justice that is practical, fair, and
reflectsourfinestvaluesandtraditions.
I had the privilege of teaching alongside David for several years in
our upper-year seminar, ‘Advanced Constitutional Law,’ at Queen’s
University.Fromthatclosevantagepoint,Ihaveobservedinmydear
friend an exceptionally rare trifecta of qualities: intelligence but quiet
humility, compassion but unceasing dedication to standards of excel-
lence,and,aboveallelse,uncompromisingintegrityinallthathedoes.
ThereisnobetterwaytorecognizeDavidandhismarvellouscontri-
bution than to publish this exceptional collection of papers in his
honour. Sincerest congratulations to the editors, Grant Huscroft and
MikeTaggart,andtoallofthecontributors.
DavidStratas
HeenanBlaikieLLP
Toronto
Acknowledgments
ThisisabookofessaysinhonourofDavidMullan.Weexplainwhyhe
issodeservingofaFestschriftinthefirstchapterandwillconfineour-
selvesheretogivingthankstothosethatmadethisvolumepossible.
Firstofall,thankstoLizMullanforhersupportandadvice.Second,
wewanttoacknowledgethecontributorstothisvolume.Theirenthu-
siasticparticipationspeaksvolumesforthehighregardDavidMullan
isheldinthroughoutthecommonlawworld.Therewasnoshortageof
peoplewantingtocontribute,butunfortunatelytherewasnotspacefor
everyone.Third,wethankourresearchassistants:atLondon,Ontario,
ChrisCheung,SarahShody,MeghanButler,andCameronMacDonald;
atAuckland,KatyNathanandMarkUtting.
Financialsupportfortheproductionofthisvolumewasprovidedby
David Stratas and from research funds from the University of Auck-
landLawSchoolandtheUniversityofTorontoLawSchool.
Finally,theUniversityofTorontoPressandStephenKotowychhave
supported this project enthusiastically from the beginning. We thank
Stephen, Anne Laughlin, and Diane Mew for their support, and out-
standingeditorialassistance.
The primary object of a Festschrift is to add to the corpus of legal
knowledgewhilepayingapublictributetoadistinguishedanddeserv-
ing scholar. It should also be a pleasure to be involved in, and it cer-
tainlywasforus.
GrantHuscroftandMichaelTaggart