Administrative Law

Quick Info
(2010.04)  Course
Instructor(s)
B. Bethell, Adjunct Professor
Winter
4 credit(s)  4 hour(s);
Presentation
Remote (Zoom), lecture-based with opportunities for discussion, review, and problem-solving.
Mode of Delivery: This course will be run remotely on Zoom. A physical room at Osgoode will be assigned for the course where students can do the classes if they are at Osgoode, rather than only having the option of joining from home.
Upper Year Research & Writing Requirement
No
Praxicum
No

Administrative law, a fundamental guardian of the rule of law, is the branch of public law that regulates devolved decision-making by bodies that implement government policy and services.  The government frequently devolves power through legislation to a diverse range of decision-makers; administrative law is the set of rules that regulates, and places checks and balances, on that often far-reaching power.  The study of administrative law provides a foundation for the study of, and practice in, many areas of law including constitutional, quasi-criminal, professional regulation and discipline, national security, military, financial regulation, municipal, immigration, human rights, environmental, sports and entertainment, tax, indigenous, health (including the recent challenges posed by Covid-19), labour and employment, competition, arbitration, education, and public inquiries.