Author : Ron Ellis
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774824808
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)
Book Synopsis Unjust by Design by : Ron Ellis
Download or read book Unjust by Design written by Ron Ellis and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canadian legislatures regularly assign what are truly court functions to non-court, government tribunals. These executive branch “judicial” tribunals are surrogate courts and together comprise a little-known system of administrative justice that annually makes hundreds of thousands of contentious, life-altering judicial decisions concerning the everyday rights of both individuals and businesses. This book demonstrates that, except perhaps in Quebec, the administrative justice system is a justice system in name only. Failing to conform to rule-of-law principles or constitutional norms, its tribunals are neither independent nor impartial and are only providentially competent. Unjust by Design describes a justice system in transcendent need of major restructuring and provides a blueprint for change.