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Oped by Andrea Russell - "International justice has arrived"

Friday, July 8, 2011

Andrea Russell, executive director of the Dean's Office, has written a commentary in the Ottawa Citizen about the rise of international criminal law in recent years ("International justice has arrived," May 28, 2011). Russell teaches a course in International Criminal Law at the Faculty of Law.

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Colleen Flood - "How Do We Compare? Lifting Our Game on Healthcare Performance"

Friday, July 8, 2011

Prof. Colleen Flood, Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy, has written "How Do We Compare? Lifting Our Game on Healthcare Performance" in the weekly Longwoods eLetter (May 17, 2011).

Read the essay on the Longwoods website.

Asper Centre report calls for written guidelines for Canada's parliamentary conventions

Saturday, June 25, 2011

(Toronto, April 12, 2011) A report recently released by the Faculty of Law's David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights (www.aspercentre.ca) calls for an authoritative set of guidelines on Canada's important but unwritten parliamentary conventions.

New issue of UT Law Journal honours Prof. Ernest Weinrib

Saturday, June 25, 2011

The latest issue of the University of Toronto Law Journal (62:2) is a special issue that honours Prof. Ernest Weinrib on the occasion of his being awarded the Killam Prize in recognition of his outstanding contributions to legal scholarship.

Michael Ignatieff to teach at Faculty of Law

Saturday, June 25, 2011

(May 5, 2011) The former leader of the Liberal Party of Canada has a new home base in academia, and it’s at the University of Toronto.  

Massey College, the interdisciplinary graduate college at the University of Toronto, announced it has appointed Michael Ignatieff as senior resident.

Ignatieff will be teaching in various areas, including the Faculty of Law, the Munk School of Global Affairs, the School of Public Policy and Governance, and the Department of Political Science.

Prof. Mohammad Fadel on TVO's "The Agenda" panel to discuss the Arab Spring's impact on Israel

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Prof. Mohammad Fadel appeared on TVO's "The Agenda with Steve Paikin" on May 9, 2011 as part of a panel discussion on the topic of "Arab Spring: No Thaw for Israel."

Watch the webcast on the TVO website.

Margaret Jane Radin Gives 2011 Grafstein Lecture: Boilerplate is changing our legal universe

Saturday, June 25, 2011

By Anny Vexler

Prof. Margaret Jane Radin

On March 21, 2011, Professor Margaret Jane Radin gave the 2011 Grafstein Annual Lecture in Communications to law students and faculty and other members of the University of Toronto community. Radin discussed the problems associated with boilerplate contracts and offered solutions.

Watch the "Symposium on Funding the Charter Challenge" and Morris Gross lecture (webcast)

Saturday, June 25, 2011

On Friday April 1, 2011, the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights hosted a half-day symposium on "Funding the Charter Challenge."

During the symposium, legal experts in practice and the academy provided information and commentary on the availability of funding for some of the most significant litigation in the country. How can you obtain advanced costs? Are class actions feasible in Charter claims? What are the reasonable and ethical limits of pro bono? Does the legal aid system adequately fund complex cases?

Prof. Mohammad Fadel discusses "Middle East Expectations" on TVO's The Agenda

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Prof. Mohammad Fadel was a member of a panel discussing "Middle East Expectations" on TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin (March 31, 2011).

Watch the webcast on the TVO website.

Article: Russell - International justice has arrived

Friday, June 24, 2011

War criminals can no longer count on a private jet waiting to whisk them off to a golden life in exile

By: Andrea Russell

Andrea Russell is executive director of the Office of the Dean at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and teaches International Criminal Law at the Faculty.

This commentary was first published in the Ottawa Citizen on May 28, 2011. It was also published in the Montreal Gazette and the Regina Leader-Post.

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