2009
DOI: 10.1017/s0829320100010061
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Administrative Discretion and the Spirit of Legality: From Theory to Practice

Abstract: RésuméCet article examine la relation entre la discrétion administrative et la primauté du droit. L'auteure démontre comment la discrétion administrative, conçue correctement, est non seulement compatible avec une compréhension particulière du principe de la primauté du droit, mais peut aussi devenir un véhicule permettant au pouvoir exécutif d'exprimer son engagement envers ce principe. Selon l'auteure, ceci est possible, premièrement, si la discrétion est conçue selon la métaphore du «dialogue» entre le diri… Show more

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“…Discretion is generally delegated to street‐level bureaucrats because of the complexity and messiness of their caseloads and the impossibility of creating a rule for every possible contingency (Lipsky ; Triandafyllidou ). A Canadian visa officer's decision is discretionary (Cartier :314; Pratt ) in that, even though rules and procedures guide how they should make their decisions, the officer must ultimately make a choice to approve or refuse an application (Bouchard and Carroll ). As in Britain (Bhabha and Shutter ), in cases of spousal partnership applications, Canadian visa officers must be “satisfied,” on the basis of a balance of probabilities, that a relationship is genuine and that it has not been entered into “primarily” for immigration purposes.…”
Section: Framework and Contextmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Discretion is generally delegated to street‐level bureaucrats because of the complexity and messiness of their caseloads and the impossibility of creating a rule for every possible contingency (Lipsky ; Triandafyllidou ). A Canadian visa officer's decision is discretionary (Cartier :314; Pratt ) in that, even though rules and procedures guide how they should make their decisions, the officer must ultimately make a choice to approve or refuse an application (Bouchard and Carroll ). As in Britain (Bhabha and Shutter ), in cases of spousal partnership applications, Canadian visa officers must be “satisfied,” on the basis of a balance of probabilities, that a relationship is genuine and that it has not been entered into “primarily” for immigration purposes.…”
Section: Framework and Contextmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To better appreciate how and why discretion presents a dilemma for the rule of law, therefore, we need to bring the latter's core political demand of mutual subordination to law back into view. Leading with this demand, we see that the most serious rule of law worry presented by discretionary powers consists in the space taken up by political considerations within themand the options available, if any, to the subject of such a power to do anything about it (Cartier, 2009;Rundle, 2021a).…”
Section: Revisiting Discretionmentioning
confidence: 99%