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The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights at the Faculty of Law recently hosted a two-day conference on the Best Interests of the Child in collaboration with leading child rights organizations in Canada including the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children, UNICEF Canada, Justice for Children and Youth, and the International Bureau for Children's Rights.

"Without public confidence there can be no confidence in the rule of law"

Over the past year, a number of legal issues have slowly made their way to the mainstream media and public discourse. Some have shown the legal profession in a less than flattering light, inspiring the legal establishment and various levels of government to work together on initiatives designed to increase public confidence in the justice system.

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Ed Morgan analyzes the legal status of long-standing US "Buy American" legislation, the waivers that affect it, the potential impact of new protectionist measures in the US, and the issue of similar potential measures in Canada ("Taking a Buy Canadian route would be a legal sell-out," February 12, 2009).

Read the full commentary.

International and humanitarian law scholar Professor Nehal Bhuta has been awarded the prestigious Toscana Giorgio La Pira Prize for his paper, questioning the fairness of Saddam Hussein's trial in Baghdad three years ago, published in the Journal of International Criminal Justice (JICJ) in March 2008.