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Prof. Kent Roach - "Cool heads needed on anti-terror law"

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Prof. Kent Roach analyzes the repercussions of the Supreme Court's recent decision on security certificates in a commentary in the Toronto Star ("Cool heads needed on anti-terror law," February 27, 2007).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Audrey Macklin interviewed on CBC about dual citizenship

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

On February 9, 2007, Prof. Audrey Macklin was interviewed by Anna Maria Tremonti on the CBC radio show The Current, on the subject of dual citizenship.

Click here to llisten to the inteview online on the CBC website (scroll down to "Part 2").

IHRP clinic, faculty play role in U.S. same-sex marriage case

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

The International Human Rights Clinic has prepared an amicus curiae brief in a case in the United States seeking to end the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage. The brief was signed by distinguished American and Canadian legal scholars with expertise in human rights and constitutional law, including Professors Sujit Choudhry and Brenda Cossman of the University of Toronto. Noah Novogrodsky, the Clinic Director, currently on sabbatical at Georgetown University, signed as counsel.

Prof. Jacob Ziegel - "There is a solution to the political excess"

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Emeritus Jacob Ziegel proposes a solution to the problem of politicized federal judicial appointments ("There is a solution to the political excess," February 13, 2007).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Ed Morgan - "Zundel down, Ahmadinejad to go"

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

In a commentary on the Globe and Mail website, Prof. Ed Morgan discusses Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel, and other contemporary manifestations of anti-semitism, on the occasion of Zundel's sentencing by a German court ("Zundel down, Ahmadinejad to go," February 16, 2007).

Read the full commentary.

Profs. Iacobucci and Trebilcock publish report on Canada Post

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Profs. Ed Iacobucci and Michael Trebilcock have published a study through the C.D. Howe Institute calling for the privatization of Canada Post, titled Rerouting the Mail: Why Canada Post is Due for Reform.

Read the press release.

Read the full report on the C.D. Howe Institute website (PDF).

Prof. Kent Roach - "A hedge against populism"

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Prof. Kent Roach has published a commentary in the National Post about the impact of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms on criminal law, as part of a six-part series on "The Charter at 25" ("A hedge against populism," February 15, 2007).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Michael Trebilcock Wins Mundell Medal

Friday, March 16, 2007

On February 6, 2007, the Attorney-General of Ontario announced that Prof. Michael Trebilcock is one of the recipients of this year's Mundell Medal. The Mundell Medal is presented annually to an Ontario writer on legal or professional matters who has, by publication in the preceding year or over a period of years, made a distinguished contribution to law and letters. Prof. Trebilcock holds the chair in Law and Economics at the Faculty of Law and specializes in law and economics, international trade, and contract and commercial law.

Prof. Brenda Cossman - "Goliath wins again"

Friday, March 16, 2007

In an editorial in the weekly Xtra, Prof. Brenda Cossman comments on the latest episode in the continuing struggle of Vancouver's Little Sister's Bookstore with the Canada Border Services Agency (formerly Canada Customs) ("Goliath wins again," February 1, 2007).

Read the full editorial.

Prof. Jutta BrunnÈe - "Why Canadians are right on Kyoto accord"

Friday, March 16, 2007

Canadians are far ahead of their politicians in wanting to keep our Kyoto Accord commitments, argues Prof. Jutta Brunnée in a commentary in the Toronto Star, and Canada has a legal obligation to do so ("Why Canadians are right on Kyoto accord," February 4, 2007).

Read the full commentary.

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