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Prof. Colleen Flood editor of new book, "Data Data Everywhere: Access and Accountability?"

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Data Data Everywhere: Access and Accountability?, ed. Colleen FloodProf. Colleen Flood is the editor of a recently published book, Data Data Everywhere: Access and Accountability? (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2011).

Place your bids! Law auction for charity takes place Jan. 11

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

A promise is a promise--and we have some great ones lined up, and ready to be 'sold'! On Wednesday January 11, 2012, students and faculty will be auctioning promises for charity.

Proceeds will go to The Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, which is advocating equitable child welfare services on reserves (for more information on their ongoing litigation see: http://www.fncfcs.com/fnwitness/importance).

 

Prof. Jeff MacIntosh - "Not even close"

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

In the Financial Post, Prof. Jeffrey MacIntosh analyzes the Supreme Court's rejection of national securities regulation, which he had predicted in earlier commentaries ("Not even close," December 23, 2011).

Read the full article on the Financial Post website.

Prof. David Schneiderman - "Free speech and dog walking"

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

In a commentary in The Toronto Star, Prof. David Schneiderman analyzes the decision by Justice David Brown regarding the Occupy Toronto encampment in St. James' Park ("Free speech and dog walking," November 28, 2011).

Read the commentary on The Toronto Star website.

U of T Law Journal special issue on "Constitutionalism and the Criminal Law"

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

The new issue of the University of Toronto Law Journal is a special issue on "Constitutionalism and the Criminal Law" (Volume 61, Number 4 / 2011). The issue is co-edited by Prof. Hamish Stewart of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, and Prof. Shai Lavi of the Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law.

See the issue on the University of Toronto Press website (full text available at subscribing institutions).

Looking for solutions: Symposium on the Reference re Assisted Human Reproduction Act

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

In the Reference re Assisted Human Reproduction Act (2010 SCC 61), the Supreme Court of Canada issued a divided 4-4-1 opinion that declared several provisions of the federal Assisted Human Reproduction Act ("AHRA") ultra vires. As a result, many core provisions of the AHRA were declared unconstitutional, particularly those related to the introduction of a federal licensing and control system. Other provisions, for example those related to the federal government's power to regulate the reimbursement of expenses for surrogacy or gamete donation, remain intact.

Reunion 2011 kicks off with Michael Ignatieff special lecture

Friday, December 16, 2011

‘Originals’ from Class of 1956 turn out for one of biggest Reunion weekends ever

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo

Michael Ignatieff
Michael Ignatieff gives the Reunion Lecture

Profs Schneiderman and Morgan comment on legalities of attempted Occupy Toronto eviction

Friday, December 16, 2011

In the Globe and Mail, Prof. David Schneiderman has written a commentary on the City of Toronto's attempt to evict the Occupy Toronto protesters from St. James' Park ("Toronto’s protesters have the right to stay put," Nov. 17, 2011).

U of T faculty cited in BC polygamy decision

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Four University of Toronto Faculty of Law faculty and staff were cited, directly or indirectly, in the landmark polygamy reference judgment by the Supreme Court of British Columbia, which was written by alumnus The Honourable Chief Justice Robert Bauman ('74).

Prof. Rebecca Cook's literature review on the harms of polygyny, particularly in terms of international human rights law, was cited multiple times in the decision.

Prof. Lisa Austin - "Stop hiding behind the phone book, Mr. Toews"

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

In a commentary in The Globe and Mail, Prof. Lisa Austin examines how new lawful access legislation will expand the government's ability to get access to private internet-related information without judicial oversight ("Stop hiding behind the phone book, Mr. Toews," Dec. 6, 2011).

Read the full commentary on The Globe and Mail website.

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