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Prof. Brenda Cossman named a Fellow of Royal Society of Canada

Thursday, September 6, 2012
Brenda Cossman

The Faculty of Law congratulates Prof. Brenda Cossman on her election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, in recognition for outstanding scholarly work. Cossman is one of 71 new Fellows to the RSC, who span a wide range of disciplines and academic backgrounds.

Prof. Anver Emon publishes new book, "Religious Pluralism and Islamic Law"

Friday, August 17, 2012

Religious Pluralism and Islamic LawProf. Anver Emon has published a new book, Religious Pluralism and Islamic Law: Dhimmis and Others in the Empire of Law (Oxford University Press, 2012).

From the publisher:

In the New York Times, Prof. Ayelet Shachar debates Olympic citizenship requirements

Friday, July 27, 2012

In the "Room for Debate" section of the New York Times, Prof. Ayelet Shachar has contributed to the discussion "Which Country Did You Say You Were Playing For?" about Olympic citizenship requirements. Her contribution, "Serious Moral Quandaries," (July 27, 2012) picks up on her article "Picking Winners" in the Yale Law Journal. (See also the Nexus magazine article, "Picking Winners", about Shachar's work).

Prof. Audrey Macklin - "The government has not kept its word in the Omar Khadr case"

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Prof. Audrey Macklin takes the federal government to task for its lack of action in bringing the Omar Khadr case to its promised resolution ("The government has not kept its word in the Omar Khadr case," July 17, 2012).

Read the article on the Toronto Star website, or below.

Prof. Ayelet Shachar on using citizenship as an Olympic recruiting tool

Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Picking Winners

As the 2012 London Olympics approach, Nexus magazine takes a look at the touchy issue of citizenship as a recruitment tool, and its increasing use and abuse in the worldwide hunt for triumph ("Picking Winners," Spring/Summer 2012).

Prof. Ayelet Shachar has looked at this issue in depth, arguing that passports are becoming a powerful form of international currency. Elite athletes who have no real ties or connections to the countries that covet them are being wooed and enticed—offered the precious prize of citizenship in exchange for a whiff of gold. 

Prof. Ed Morgan appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Justice in Toronto

Friday, June 22, 2012

Prof. Ed Morgan has been appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Justice in Toronto, effective immediately. Rob Nicholson, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, made the announcement today

Mr. Justice Morgan has been a professor at the Faculty of Law since 1986 (full professor since 2008). He practised with Davies Ward & Beck from 1989 to 1997 and thereafter maintained a litigation practice. His main areas of practice were commercial litigation, constitutional litigation, private international law and human rights law.

Prof. Audrey Macklin interviewed on CBC radio about C-31 Immigration Bill

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Prof. Audren Macklin was interviewed by host Matt Galloway on CBC Radio's Metro Morning about the federal government's controversial new immigration and refugee Bill C-31 (June 20, 2012).

Listen to the interview on the CBC website (7:26 minutes)

Prof. Trudo Lemmens - "Anglophone Media Using Protest to Attack All Things Quebec"

Friday, June 1, 2012

Prof. Trudo Lemmens has published a commentary in the Huffington Post looking at the coverage in the Anglophone media of the Quebec student protests  ("Anglophone Media Using Protest to Attack All Things Quebec," May 31, 2012).

Read the full commentary in the Huffington Post.

"A building to make the spirit soar" - Dean Mayo Moran discusses the new building project (video)

Thursday, May 31, 2012

"A building to make the spirit soar": watch Dean Mayo Moran discuss the vision and the design for the new Faculty of Law building in a video produced by the new building's architects, Hariri Pontarini Architects.

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