Regulations, Crown Corporations and Administrative Tribunals : Royal Commission

This is the third of six volumes dealing with Law, Society and the Economy (see list in back of book), included in the Collected Research Studies of the Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada. This volume surveys administrative law in its various manifestations and considers new themes and issues that are likely to affect the subject. Challenging generally accepted views, the contributors discuss such topics as the structures and processes of Canadian administrative tribunals, Crown corporations as an instrument of economic intervention, and the use of delegated legislation as the preferred instrument of government regulations. "When the state decides to intervene in the private sector, it usually uses one of five methods: taxation, economic regulation or control, financial or technical assistance, and the granting of contracts and the creation or takeover of companies. The state uses three types of instruments to achieve its ends. It can intervene in the economy through its ministries and regulatory agencies; it can make use of private enterprise by granting contracts or financial assistance; and finally, it can establish companies, which are known as public corporations or, more precisely, Crown corporations. Such corporations fall somewhere between government institutions in the strict sense and private sector companies."--Page 1 This is the third of six volumes dealing with Law, Society and the Economy (see list in back of book), included in the Collected Research Studies of the Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada. This volume surveys administrative law in its various manifestations and considers new themes and issues that are likely to affect the subject. Challenging generally accepted views, the contributors discuss such topics as the structures and processes of Canadian administrative tribunals, Crown corporations as an instrument of economic intervention, and the use of delegated legislation as the preferred instrument of government regulations CONTENTS 5 FOREWORD 9 INTRODUCTION 11 PREFACE 15 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 17 1. Crown Corporations: Instruments of Economic Intervention – Legal Aspects 19 2. Understanding Regulation by Regulations 99 3. Administrative Tribunals: Their Evolution in Canada from 1945 to 1984 173 ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS 220