Culture of Justification

Paul Daly holds the University Research Chair in Administrative Law and Governance at the University of Ottawa. He previously held academic appointments at the Université de Montréal and the University of Cambridge and has visited at Harvard Law School, Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas, and Louvain Global College of Law. He is an award-winning scholar whose bilingual research has appeared in many leading journals and edited collections and is frequently cited by courts across the common law world. Notable books include A Theory of Deference in Administrative Law: Basis, Application and Scope (Cambridge University Press, 2012) and Understanding Administrative Law in the Common Law World (Oxford University Press, 2021).

• Introduction1 Why Is Administrative Law So Complicated?2 A Deep Dive into Judicial Review3 The Dunsmuir Decade4 The Big Bang5 Vavilov Hits the Road6 Unresolved Issues after VavilovConclusionNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index of Cases; Index

"A comprehensive exegesis of the principles, core concepts, history, and (predicted) future of Canadian administrative law, with a focus on standard of review."- Dustin Kenall (Canadian Journal of Administrative Law & Practice) Professor Daly successfully makes the case that Vavilov has provided significant clarity to the judicial review process.- Ian Mackenzie, Slaw Magazine