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Prof. Kent Roach writes "Is Brad Wall really defending school choice with his use of the notwithstanding clause?"

Thursday, May 4, 2017

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Kent Roach analyzes Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall's use of the notwithstanding clause and the constitutional judicial decision about funding Catholic schools that triggered it ("Is Brad Wall really defending school choice with his use of the notwithstanding clause?", May 2, 2017).

Read the commentary on the Globe and Mail website, or below.

What does the Fox say? Prof. Angela Fernandez makes accessible the original judgment roll in famous property law case Pierson v. Post

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

The judgment roll in the famous case Pierson v. Post was discovered in 2007 at the Division of Old Records in the New York County Clerk’s Office, New York City, by Professor Angela Fernandez, University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Department of History.

New book about Prof. Arthur Ripstein's study of Kant, "Force and Freedom"

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Freedom and ForceProf. Arthur Ripstein's seminal book Force and Freedom: Kant's Legal and Political Philosophy is the subject of a new book that collects essays from leading scholars in law and philosophy.

Prof. Simon Stern writes "How easy is it for police to search your texts? The Supreme Court is set to decide"

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

In a commentary in the Ottawa Citizen, Prof. Simon Stern looks at the issues in an upcoming Supreme Court of Canada case that will decide to what extent police can search text messages on people's mobile phones ("How easy is it for police to search your texts? The Supreme Court is set to decide," March 21, 2017).

Read the full commentary on the Ottawa Citizen website, or below.

 

Professor Lisa Austin receives Connaught Global Challenge Award for “Information Technology, Transparency and Transformation Lab”

Saturday, March 11, 2017

Prof. LIsa AustinIndividual lives are increasingly “datafied” and this information is collected, warehoused, analyzed and distributed across the globe on a massive scale. As individuals become more and more “transparent,” the technology that is driving this massive transformation becomes more and more opaque. This “transparency gap” is a problem for all stakeholders in the information age.

Prof. Brenda Cossman writes "We must do better for sexual assault survivors. The answer isn’t rocket science"

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Brenda Cossman discusses ways to address the issue of the large number of sexual assault complaints being dismissed by police forces as "unfounded" ("We must do better for sexual assault survivors. The answer isn’t rocket science," February 6, 2017).

Read the commentary on the Globe and Mail website, or below.

 

Prof. David Schneiderman writes "Trump won’t dump investor rights – and here’s why"

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. David Schneiderman argues that, despite incoming US President Donald Trump's anti-free-trade rhetoric, his administration is likely to protect the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system ("Trump won’t dump investor rights – and here’s why," January 18, 2017).

Read the full commentary on the Globe and Mail website, or below.

 

Top 10 news stories of 2016

Thursday, January 5, 2017

Top 10 news storiesFrom outstanding student achievements to law school memories and faculty honours, here are the stories that made you click in 2016.

Bringing AI to tax law: profile of startup Blue J Legal, with CEO Prof. Benjamin Alarie

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Startup Blue J Legal and its CEO, Prof. Benjamin Alarie, are profiled in a U of T Magazine article, "Helping Machine-Learning Startups Succeed" (Winter 2017). Launched in 2014 by Profs. Benjamin Alarie, Anthony Niblett and Albert Yoon, with veteran software engineer Brett Jansen, Blue J Legal has created sophisticated AI software that provides lawyers and judges with guidance on resolving tax disputes.

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