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Efficiency is not the only goal: An examination of the role of public consultation in administrative law
Join us for this presentation by ADM+S Research Fellow Alexandra Sinclair, who will examine the purposes and values of human consultation in administrative law and whether those values can be satisfied in a context of simulated participation and consultation.
This presentation is situated within a context of increasing calls for Gen AI simulation of human participation and consultation in legislative and democratic processes. The presentation examines the purposes and values of human consultation in administrative law. It analyses how consultation has both instrumentalists aims in improving the quality of law-making and decision-making and also recognises wider values pertaining to human dignity and democratic legitimacy. The presentation questions whether those values can be satisfied in a context of simulated participation and consultation.
RSVP via the ADM+S calendar invite which will include a Zoom link for online attendees.
SPEAKER
Dr Alexandra Sinclair is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Sydney Law School. She has a doctorate from the London School of Economics and Political Science examining the application of English judicial review doctrines to automated decision-making by the British state. Alexandra previously worked as a research fellow at the Public Law Project, focusing on public law and technology. Her work with the Public Law Project on frontline automated decision-making in government was covered by the Guardian. Alexandra has published in the Modern Law Review and Public Law. She is a frequent online contributor and has written for the UK Constitutional Law Association Blog, the Digital Constitutionalist, the Law Society Gazette and Prospect Magazine, among others.