Description: "Canadian administrative law was bedevilled for many decades by uncertainty and confusion. In 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada sought to bring this chaos to an end in its landmark decision Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v Vavilov. In A Culture of Justification, Paul Daly builds a framework for understanding why several previous reform efforts failed and assesses the proposition that Vavilov might very well succeed in providing a roadmap to a brighter future. This engaging, in-depth study of one of the most important areas of Canadian law shows readers how a newly emerged "culture of justification" allows courts and citizens to insist on the reasoned exercise of public power by the administrative state."--
Brief description: Paul Daly holds the University Research Chair in Administrative Law and Governance at the University of Ottawa. His books include A Theory of Deference in Administrative Law: Basis, Application and Scope and Understanding Administrative Law in the Common Law World.
Review Quotes: "I have been reading Paul Daly's work for almost a decade, and this is one of the most important books he has written. It is a perfect, comprehensive account of Canadian administrative law."-- "Martine Valois, Faculty of Law, Université de Montréal"