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Report on the Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick Roundtable

Saturday, October 25, 2008

On June 4, 2008, the Faculty of Law hosted a Roundtable on the Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick decision from the Supreme Court of Canada (handed down in March of 2008).  The aim of the Roundtable was to explore the implications of this decision for the development of Administrative Law, and in particular the Court's wide-ranging discussion of the standard of judicial review of administrative action, deference, and the applicability of procedural fairness to public office holders.

Prof. Ernest Weinrib elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Prof. Ernest Weinrib, the Cecil A. Wright Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, has been elected an Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Science.

Prof. Mohammad Fadel interviewed on TVO about Islamic banking (webcast)

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Prof. Mohammad Fadel engaged in an extensive discussion of Islamic finance with host Steve Paikin on the TVO show The Agenda on May 16, 2008.

Watch the interview on the TVO website.

Prof. Jeffrey MacIntosh writes on BCE decision and shareholder primacy

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Prof. Jeffrey MacIntosh has written a two-part series in the Financial Post analyzing the recent decision by the Quebec Court of Appeal in favour of BCE bondholders, and exploring the larger issue of the principle of "shareholder primacy" ("The Peoples corporate law: unsafe at any speed," June 10, 2008, and "Engine of wealth," June 11, 2008).

Read "The Peoples corporate law: unsafe at any speed"

Prof. Sujit Choudhry interviewed in SSHRC magazine "Dialogue"

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Prof. Sujit Choudhry was interviewed in the Spring 2008 issue of the SSHRC magazine Dialogue. Prof. Choudhry, winner in 1997 of the SSHRC’s William E. Taylor Fellowship for most outstanding doctoral award recipient, spoke about his studies overseas and how Canada benefits from students with international experience.

Read the interview on the Dialogue website.

Webcast discussing the Ontario Gardasil/HPV-Vaccination Program

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

The Faculty of Law, with the University of Toronto's Department of Public Health Sciences and Joint Centre for Bioethics, has initiated a seminar series on "Public Health Ethics, Law and Policy."

We have now made a webcast available of the inaugural seminar, on the subject of "Differing Perspectives on the Gardasil/HPV-Vaccination Program in Ontario." Held at the Faculty of Law on March 20, 2008, it featured the following speakers:

Report published on "The Future of Administrative Justice" symposium

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

A symposium on "The Future of Administrative Justice" was hosted by the Faculty of Law in January 2008. It explored the future of administrative justice by bringing together academics, participants in the tribunal sector and government policy makers to dialogue about improvements to administrative tribunals in Ontario and other jurisdictions.

A 28-page report on the symposium has now been released (May 2008), which summarizes the presentations and the roundtable discussion that wrapped up the day.

New faculty appointment: Yasmin Dawood

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Yasmin Dawood will be joining the Faculty in July of 2009, after completing her two year SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University's Centre for Ethics.

"Can Legal Ethics be Taught?" symposium featured in The Lawyers Weekly

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

The symposium "Can Legal Ethics be Taught?", held at the Faculty of Law on April 4, 2008, is featured in an article in The Lawyers Weekly ("Law society should still teach ethics, say critics," April 18, 2008). The article describes and quotes from the comments of many of the symposium participants, both academics and practitioners.

Read the full article on The Lawyers Weekly website.

New faculty appointment: Markus Dubber

Tuesday, July 15, 2008
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce the appointment of Markus Dubber to our faculty.  He will be joining us as a Full Professor in July of 2009.  Prof. Dubber is already familiar to some members of the law school community as he is currently spending his sabbatical year at the University of Toronto's Centre for Ethics. 
 
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