1. Explain the relationship between the administrative agency, board, or commission and the centralized department or ministry. How does the function of the ABC affect how the department or ministry traditionally operated?

2. Explain how administrative law became its own area of law. What role did the development of agencies, boards, and commissions play in the growth and development of administrative law within the broader category of public law? What are two goals that administrative law achieves?

3. What are seven categories into which agencies, boards, and commissions may be divided, and what is the function of each? Provide examples of ABCs for each category listed.

4. List as many reasons as you can why a government might set up a separate agency instead of having a department carry out a function.

5. What are the adjudicative bodies in administrative law called?

6. Give examples of areas of dispute that are typically delegated to tribunals for resolution.

7. Under what circumstances does the legislature delegate the job of making a decision to a tribunal rather than to a body such as a ministry or a court?

8. List as many similarities between courts and tribunals as you can.

9. List as many differences between courts and tribunals as you can.

10. What are the three main systems of adjudication used by tribunals? How do they differ from each other, and what are the advantages and disadvantages of each?

11. When you read a statute that governs the operation of a tribunal, what "clues" should you look for to determine which model of adjudication the tribunal follows?