Boundaries of Judicial Review: The Law of Justiciability in Canada is an innovative work on the scope of judicial decision-making in Canada. It explores the restrictions on which matters courts may decide and which are moot, hypothetical, political in nature or not yet ripe for a decision.
A necessary book for practitioners whose work involves constitutional or administrative matters, it addresses questions such as:
- When will a matter be dealt with in the courts?
- When will a matter be decided in the legislature or by the executive branch of the government?
- Which disputes should appropriately be before a judge?
- Is an issue too premature, complex, vague, or hypothetical to be decided by a court?
The third edition of Boundaries of Judicial Review: The Law of Justiciability in Canada has been fully updated, reflecting recent developments relating to climate change, new developments in case law under the Charter of Rights, particularly in the area of social and economic rights as well as religious disputes that demonstrate the difference between public and private law. The third edition features a new chapter “Looking Forward” which attempts to anticipate the settings where justiciability disputes are starting to emerge or will shortly emerge.
