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Chapter 1

The Place of an Election in the Comprehensive Political Law Cycle

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A list of the elements of a policy cycle and highlighting where an election fits into the cylce.

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Gregory Tardi

Gregory TARDI, BCL, LLB, DJur, is a member of the Barreau du Québec. After an initial period in private practice in his father’s law firm in Montreal, he served in the Public Service of Canada. He worked in a variety of departments, including the Privy Council Office and the Department of Justice. His long experience as legal counsel at Elections Canada and as senior parliamentary counsel at the House of Commons led him to formulate his theory of political law. This is a novel way of uniting the various legal aspects of government into a single subject matter; of focusing on the role of law in democratic governing, in contrast to the role of policy and politics; and of conceptualizing the accountability of all public officials to law. In this conceptual framework, the legal aspects of electioneering play a central role. Mr Tardi has taught at Carleton University, McGill University, and Osgoode Hall Law School. He is the author of The Legal Framework of Government, The Law of Democratic Governing, and The Theory and Practice of Political Law, as well as a number of articles. He is the executive editor of the Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law | Revue de droit parlementaire et politique.