Have We Legalized Corruption? The Impacts of Expanding Municipal Authority Without Safeguards in Toronto and Ontario

Authors

Stanley M. Makuch
Matthew Schuman

Keywords

Municipal government; Municipal government--Corrupt practices; Toronto (Ont.); Ontario

Document Type

Supplement

Abstract

This article discusses the importance of rule of law values such as predictability, certainty, equality, and procedural safeguards in controlling corruption at the municipal level of government and how those values are being replaced by political and economic values such as efficiency, discretion, responsiveness, and need. Particular attention is placed on how this change in values may lead to corruption and abuse of power in planning and other decisions made by municipal governments.

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Citation Information

Makuch, Stanley M. and Schuman, Matthew. "Have We Legalized Corruption? The Impacts of Expanding Municipal Authority Without Safeguards in Toronto and Ontario." Osgoode Hall Law Journal 53.1 (2015) : 301-333.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.60082/2817-5069.2978
https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/ohlj/vol53/iss1/9