Prof. Rebecca Cook testifies at B.C. polygamy trial

Friday, April 8, 2011

On January 6, 2011, Prof. Rebecca Cook provided expert testimony at the trial being held in front of the British Columbia Supreme Court on the question of whether the law banning polygamy is constitutional.

Faculty of Law's Access to Civil Justice Colloquium featured in Globe & Mail

Friday, April 8, 2011

Feb. 11, 2011) More than 100 legal luminaries met yesterday at the University of Toronto, and are concluding today, to come up with solutions to the access to civil justice issue for middle-income Canadians, spearheaded by the Faculty of Law. Madam Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin's speech led the Globe and Mail article by Kirk Makin featured today, which is garnering hundreds of online comments.

Read the article here.

Prof. Mohammad Fadel on the Arab demonstrations, the sub-prime mortgage crisis, and "black swans"

Friday, April 8, 2011

On the Foreign Policy magazine website, Prof. Mohammad Fadel has written an analysis comparing two crises, the sub-prime mortgage collapse and the popular demonstrations in Arab states, arguing that they were both in fact predictable and predicted, rather than being unpredictable "black swan" events ("Can Black Swans lead to a sustainable Arab-Israeli peace?", February 2, 2011).

LAWS hosts Third Annual Justice Conference for Aboriginal Youth

Friday, April 8, 2011

Stephen Augustine, Curator of Ethnology, Eastern Maritime at The Museum of Civilization with Amanda Carling, 2L
Stephen Augustine, Curator of Ethnology, Eastern Maritime at The Museum of Civilization with Amanda Carling, 2L, in the Faculty Lounge, holding the replica Wampum belt created by Mr. Augustine following his session on the traditional use of Wampum.

Reproductive health law program contributes brief to EU court's Irish abortion rights case

Thursday, March 10, 2011

The Faculty of Law's International Reproductive and Sexual Health Law Programme has co-written a friend-of-the-court brief with the Center for Reproductive Rights in the case ABC v. Ireland before the European Court of Human Rights. A decision was given in the case on Dec. 16, 2010.

Prof. Markus Dubber is co-editor of new book, "The Handbook of Comparative Criminal Law"

Saturday, February 19, 2011

The Handbook of Comparative Criminal LawProf. Markus Dubber has co-edited (with Kevin Jon Heller) a new book, The Handbook of Comparative Criminal Law (Stanford University Press, 2010).

Prof. Douglas Sanderson provides one of the "Next Big Ideas" chosen by UofT Magazine

Saturday, February 19, 2011

In its Winter 2011 issue, UofT Magazine has chosen ten "Next Big Ideas" from the hundreds of ideas generated by University of Toronto faculty each year. One of these ideas is provided by the Faculty of Law's Prof. Douglas Sanderson, who discusses the importance of "Restoring a Way of Life" for Canada's indigenous peoples.

Prof. Audrey Macklin - "Playing politics with refugees" (with Prof. Sean Rehaag)

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Prof. Audrey Macklin, with Prof. Sean Rehaag of Osgoode Hall Law School, has published a commentary in The Toronto Star arguing that Bill C-49, the federal government’s bill on human smuggling, is deeply flawed ("Playing politics with refugees," December 3, 2010).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Anita Anand - "Another take on the Lortie report"

Saturday, February 19, 2011

In the December issue of Investment Executive, Prof. Anita Anand has written a guest column offering a rebuttal of a report that challenges the need for a national securities commission prepared by Pierre Lortie, former head of the Montreal Exchange ("Another take on the Lortie report," December 2010).

Read the full commentary (PDF).