An analytical research initiative examining governance decision systems against constitutional principles, statutory authority, and administrative law standards, with emphasis on cross‑domain analysis of digitally mediated decision making and conditions of institutional legitimacy.
Mahyar Hallajpour
Law, governance, and digitally mediated decision systems
Current focus
Biography
I work at the intersection of law, governance, and institutional accountability, with sustained professional experience in immigration decision systems and administrative law. Over two decades, I have conducted extensive review of immigration case files and administrative decisions across Canadian and international contexts, examining discretionary reasoning, procedural fairness, and judicial review pathways.
My current research focuses on reviewability and legitimacy in digitally mediated governance, examining whether administrative decision systems remain legally intelligible and reconstructible when mediated through complex institutional and digital structures.
Research initiatives
Selected workA feasibility‑stage diagnostic framework for reconstructing administrative decision logic against statutory authority, tribunal jurisprudence, and constitutional principles, developed as a research instrument for examining reason giving and reviewability under administrative law standards.
Recent posts
Selected writingNotes on evidentiary traces, discretion, and institutional memory.
Mapping how screening architectures shape contestability and oversight.
On aligning statutory authority, practice, and human impact.