See #2379811: Views tries to render contextual links when Contextual Links module is disabled which fixed a fatal error due to this.
Either contextual module should provide an actual API method to do the same thing, or Views should do this differently.
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Comment #1
dawehnerTotally agree. I really don't see any reason to not have that a public method somewhere ...
Comment #2
wim leers#2476947: Convert "title" page element into a block fixed this :)