Jurisdictional Relationships: Democracy and the Administrative State Through the Lens of<i>Caring Society v Canada</i>

This paper draws on theorists of jurisdiction to make visible how democratic self-government and the rule law take effect in modern administrative state. Through lens Caring Society v Canada, a Canadian human rights case about funding social services for Indigenous children, I explore an idea jurisdictional justice that is inherently connected quality engagement focuses attention political, legal relationships. argue face challenges posed by populist politics colonial state, this relational understanding provides resources building sense legality can sustain shared public meaning promote practices political accountability.