Abstract

: The objective of this paper is to address two questions: why do administrative tribunals such as the Immigration Refugee Board resort to developing guidelines, and what are the principles and values which legitimize these initiatives? The role of tribunals in policy-making and/or policy-implementing raises important questions. For example, to whom are tribunals accountable for the development and application of guidelines where the functions of a tribunal - especially the adjudicative functions - are intended to be independent of government? The authors seek to understand better the dynamics of tribunals' role in the policy process. They propose a classification of guidelines based on the function they perform in administrative proceedings and provide an analysis of the normative framework underlying guidelines. The authors explore how a legal analysis of guidelines might shed on the theory and practice of public administration. The authors conclude that in the absence of a nuanced understanding of the legal status of guidelines, the relationship between administrative practice and the rule of law remains uncertain and unstable. Sommaire: Cet article cherche a repondre a deux questions: pourquoi les tribunaux administratifs comme la Commission de l'immigration et du statut de refugie ont-ils recours a l'elaboration de directives? Et quels sont les principes et les valeurs qui justifient ces initiatives? Le role des tribunaux dans l'elaboration et/ou la mise en œuvre des politiques souleve des questions importantes. Par exemple, a qui les tribunaux doivent-ils rendre compte en ce qui concerne l'elaboration et l'application de directives lorsque les fonctions d'un tribunal - en particulier les fonctions juridictionnelles - sont supposees etre independantes du gouvernement? Les auteurs cherchent a mieux comprendre la dynamique du role des tribunaux dans le processus d'elaboration de politiques. Ils proposent une classification des directives d'apres la fonction qu'elles jouent dans les procedures administratives et ils fournissent une analyse du cadre normatif sous-tendant ces directives. Les auteurs etudient comment une analyse juridique des directives pourrait eclairer la theorie et la pratique de l'administration publique. Ils concluent qu'en l'absence d'une comprehension nuancee du statut legal des directives, la relation entre la pratique administrative et la primaute du droit demeure incertaine et instable.

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