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Professors Katz and Thorburn join the Faculty of Law

Friday, July 5, 2013

The Faculty of Law welcomes Professors Larissa Katz and Malcolm Thorburn who officially joined the law school on July 2, 2013. The scholars were hired in 2011 but were on sabbatical at the University of Oxford, then taught for a final year at Queen’s University. 

Prof. Shachar wins award for chapter on “Citizenship” in the Oxford Handbook of Comparative Constitutional Law

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Prof. Ayelet Shachar has been awarded the inaugural Chapter Award of the Migration and Citizenship section of the American Political Science Association. She received the award for her chapter on “Citizenship” in the Oxford Handbook of Comparative Constitutional Law. Here is the citation by the selection committee:

Prof. Brian Langille and JD student Josh Mandryk: "Ontario PC labour reforms violate core democratic principles"

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

In a commentary published in the Toronto Star, Prof. Brian Langille and JD student Josh Mandryk analyze the Ontario Labour Relations Act reforms being proposed by the opposition Ontario Progressive Conservative party ("Ontario PC labour reforms violate core democratic principles," June 10, 2013).

Read the full commentary on the Toronto Star website, or below.

Attorney General of Ontario announces anti-SLAPP bill at Faculty of Law

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo

Dean Mayo Moran was part of a Ministry of the Attorney General announcement today, and played an integral role in recommending a proposed bill to protect freedom of speech and public participation while preventing nuisance litigation to deliberately tie up matters in court.

In a media conference at the Faculty of Law, Attorney General John Gerretsen announced the Ontario government’s Protection of Public Participation bill.

Prof. Simon Stern cited in SCC decision on copying in trial judgements

Friday, May 24, 2013

It its decision on the case Cojocaru v. British Columbia Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, the Supreme Court of Canada cites work by Prof. Simon Stern about the degree to which a judge's copying from other sources in a trial decision, with or without attribution, should affect the validity of the decision. The decision quotes at length from Prof. Stern's forthcoming article "Copyright Originality and Judicial Originality," which will appear in the University of Toronto Law Journal. The SCC agrees with Prof.

Profs. Flood and Lemmens edit special issue of The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics on "Global Health and the Law"

Friday, May 17, 2013

Profs. Colleen Flood and Trudo Lemmens are the co-editors of a special issue of The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics devoted to "Global Health and the Law" (Volume 41, Issue 1: Spring 2013). The issue comprises the paper from the National Health Law Conference held in Toronto in May 2012.

Dean Mayo Moran interviewed on CBC Radio's "Metro Morning" after being honoured as "Woman of Distinction"

Thursday, May 2, 2013

On the CBC radio program Metro Morning, host Matt Galloway interviewed Dean Mayo Moran on the occasion of her being honoured as one of seven women named as a 2013 "Woman of Distinction" by YWCA Toronto. They discuss Dean Moran's career path to becoming the first woman dean of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, and the issues women face when practicing law.

Committee of inquiry led by Prof. Trudo Lemmens calls for stricter standards regarding seizure of research records

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

A committee of inquiry chaired by Prof. Trudo Lemmens has released its report regarding an incident in which Ottawa institutions seized the records of a pair of academic researchers, concluding that the seizure was unjustified. “The seizure of research records is a serious measure that can be justified in extreme circumstances only, where no other reasonable options are available,” the Committee states in its report. The report also calls for greater clarity about the issue of informed consent in research.

Prof. Audrey Macklin - "Conservative citizenship-stripping bill barbaric and pointless"

Friday, April 26, 2013

In a commentary in The Toronto Star, Prof. Audrey Macklin attacks the proposal by the Canadian government to empower the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration to revoke Canadian citizenship for certain offences ("Conservative citizenship-stripping bill barbaric and pointless," April 25, 2013).

Read the commentary on The Toronto Star website, or below.

Prof. Kent Roach - "Two steps forward, one back in dealing with terrorism"

Thursday, April 25, 2013

In a commentary in the Ottawa Citizen, Prof. Kent Roach analyzes developments in the use of the law in response to terrorism, in relation to recent arrests and federal government legislation ("Two steps forward, one back in dealing with terrorism," April 24, 2013).

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

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