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By Karen Gross

Class of 2006 at Reunion 2016

Photos by Salathiel Wesser

More than 370 alumni enjoyed Reunion 2016 this fall. Classmates enjoyed tours of the new building, class dinners and family activities, as graduates from years ending in 1 or 6 returned to their alma mater to reconnect over the weekend of October 20-22.

The Faculty of Law has initiated the Law & Philosophy Visitorship program. The program will bring emerging and leading academics working on issues in legal, moral and political philosophy to the Faculty of Law for short-term visits.

Law & Philosophy Visits are short but intense periods of immersion in the intellectual life of the faculty. The primary aim of the program is to provide scholars an opportunity to advance their scholarship through intellectual exchange with members of our large and diverse law and philosophy group at the University of Toronto.

'Cherry picking' existing laws in democratic states, democrators can hide behind the rule of law and avoid international sanctions, says Princeton University political expert Kim Lane Scheppele

By Peter Boisseau

Donald Trump may be one of a new breed of “democrators” who adopt a facade of democratic ideals to disguise their ambitions for authoritarian rule, says political expert Kim Lane Scheppele, a Princeton University professor of sociology and international affairs who has studied a world-wide movement toward autocracies.