Policy Development in a Statutory/Judicial Context

This chapter demonstrates how a regulatory tribunal has built on the limited policy directives embodied in its governing legislation to create and apply its own policies in several procedural and substantive policy areas. While it is a truism to state that a tribunal must apply the relevant law in e...

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Published inA Law Unto Itself p. 57
Main Author Chipman, John G
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Canada University of Toronto Press 11.09.2002
Subjects
Area development
Behavioral sciences
Business
Business operations
City councils
Cognitive processes
Cognitive psychology
Commerce
Councils
Court hearings
Decision making
Denial
Development studies
Emotional defense mechanisms
Financial transactions
Government
Human geography
Judicial decision making
Judicial panels
Judicial powers
Judicial system
Jurisdiction
Land use
Law
Legal proceedings
Local government
Local government policies
Personality
Personality processes
Personality psychology
Political science
Psychology
Public hearings
Social sciences
Trial court proceedings
Tribunals
Withdrawal notices
Zoning
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Summary:This chapter demonstrates how a regulatory tribunal has built on the limited policy directives embodied in its governing legislation to create and apply its own policies in several procedural and substantive policy areas. While it is a truism to state that a tribunal must apply the relevant law in exercising its authority, what is of real interest is how it works with and moulds the statutory language, how it applies the necessarily general statutory provisions to the facts of each application before it. Does it stick to the letter of the statute, or does it use this as a springboard
ISBN:0802036252
9780802036254