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Standards of review employed by appellate courts / Roger P. Kerans & Kim M. Willey.

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Record Type:

Book

Call Number:

KN350.K47 2006

Publisher:

Juriliber

Publication Date:

2006

Publication Date Range:

c2006.

Edition:

2nd edition

Author(s):

Kerans, R P

Additional Author:

Willey, Kim M

Subject(s):

Appellate procedure - Canada.
Appellate courts - Canada.

Table of Contents:

I. THE ROLE OF THE APPELLATE TRIBUNALS. 1. Why Standards of Review? -- 2. Why Review? -- 3. Why Limit Review? -- 4. Reconciliation of Competing Claims : A Sense of Role -- 5. Some Dubious Explanations for Limited Review -- 6. Some Dubious Calls for E...I. THE ROLE OF THE APPELLATE TRIBUNALS. 1. Why Standards of Review? -- 2. Why Review? -- 3. Why Limit Review? -- 4. Reconciliation of Competing Claims : A Sense of Role -- 5. Some Dubious Explanations for Limited Review -- 6. Some Dubious Calls for Expanded Review -- II. THE STANDARDS. 1. The Standards -- 2. Interpretative Problems -- 3. Dangerous Formulations of the Unreasonableness Standard -- III. CATEGORIES FOR REVIEW GENERALLY. 1. Introduction -- 2. Criteria for Standards Choice -- 3. The Basic Tests for Selection of the Standards -- IV. STANDARDS OF REVIEW AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNALS. 1. Introduction -- 2. Recent Developments in the Law -- 3. The Modern Rules for Judicial Review of Decisions by Administrative Tribunals : The Standards -- 4. The Modern Rules for Judicial Review of Decisions by Administrative Tribunals : The Categories -- V. MATTERS OF FACT. 1. Reception of Evidence -- 2. The Weighing of Evidence -- 3. Fact-finding -- 4. Inferences -- 5. Social Facts -- VI. MATTERS OF LAW. 1. Errors in Application of Governing Rules -- 2. Error of Law Generally -- 3. Mixed Fact and Law -- 4. The Appropriate Criteria for Selection of a Standard When a Question of Law Arises -- 5. Reasons for Decision by First Tribunal -- 6. Appeals Limited to Matters of Law Alone -- 7. VII. GUIDELINES. 1. Modern Re-statement of the Rule -- 2. Problems with the Traditional Discretion Categories -- 3. Specific Cases -- VIII. HARMLESS ERROR. 1. Introduction -- 2. The Nullity Rule -- 3. The Untainted Decision Rule -- 4. The Inevitable Result Rule -- 5. Fair Appearances Rule -- 6. Specific Applications of the Harmlessness Rules -- IX. CONSENSUAL ARBITRATION. 1. What is Consensual Arbitration -- 2. Domestic Consensual Arbitration -- 3. International Commercial Arbitration -- X. RELIEF. 1. Choice of Relief -- 2. A New Trial -- 3. A Fresh Assessment -- 4. Fresh Evidence on Appeal -- 5. Mootness -- XI. SECOND LEVEL REVIEW. 1. Generally -- 2. Appeals to the Supreme Court of Canada -- XII. LEAVE TO APPEAL. 1. Leave to Appeal and Standards of Review -- 2. Leave Rules -- 3. Burden of Persuasion on a Leave Application -- 4. General Public Importance -- 5. At Large or on Specified Issues. + Read More

Notes:

Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references: p. [10-12] (2nd group).

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