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Prof. Jim Phillips - "Osgoode offers a wealth of Canadian legal history"

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Prof. Jim Phillips has written a commentary in the National Post about the Osgoode Society, which encourages the study and dissemination of Canadian legal history. The article describes several intriguing legal episodes from Canada's past. ("Osgoode offers a wealth of Canadian legal history," December 20, 2006).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Jacob Ziegel - "Class Actions, remedy of choice for consumers"

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Prof. Emeritus Jacob Ziegel discusses the history of class action laws in Canada and their positive impact, in a commentary on the Globe and Mail website ("Class Actions, remedy of choice for consumers," January 24, 2007).

Read the full article.

Prof. Ed Morgan - "Was justice really served in the Cinar case?"

Saturday, February 17, 2007

In a commentary on the Globe and Mail website, Prof. Ed Morgan analyzes a case where a foreign witness was lured to a Toronto coffeeshop in order to serve him with a subpoena ("Was justice really served in the Cinar case?", December 20, 2006).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Brenda Cossman - "Victimizing sex workers again"

Saturday, February 17, 2007

In a commentary in the weekly magazine Xtra!, Prof. Brenda Cossman has analyzed a report by the Parliamentary Standing Committee On Justice And Human Rights on the subject of Canada's prostitution laws ("Victimizing sex workers again," December 21, 2006).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Jacob Ziegel - "The plan to fix the act that fixed bankrupcy"

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Prof. Emeritus Jacob Ziegel has published a commentary in the Financial Post analyzing the recent history of changes to Canadian bankrupcy laws ("The plan to fix the act that fixed bankrupcy," January 17, 2007).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Ed Morgan - "Even terrorists deserve good lawyers"

Saturday, February 17, 2007

In a commentary in the National Post, Prof. Ed Morgan looks at a recent controversy in the United States about the lawyers who are representing terrorist suspects ("Even terrorists deserve good lawyers," January 18, 2007).

Read the full commentary.

"Should we try Kiwi model on no-fault medical error?" - Flood and Hardcastle

Friday, January 26, 2007

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Prof. Colleen Flood and SJD student Lorian Hardcastle investigate New Zealand's model of no-faul medical error compensation and analyze whether it would be suitable for Canada ("Should we try Kiwi model on no-fault medical error?", October 16, 2006).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Nehal Bhuta speaks on CBC radio about Saddam's trial (audio webcast)

Friday, January 26, 2007

Prof. Nehal Bhuta, who will begin teaching at the Faculty of Law in January, was interviewed on CBC Radio One's program "Dispatches" on November 16, 2006 about the question of whether Saddam Hussein received a fair trial. Prof. Bhuta has been observing the trial on behalf of the group Human Rights Watch, and has authored a report on the trial that will be released on Monday November 20, 2006.

Listen to the interview with Prof. Bhuta (RealMedia file from the CBC website)

Prof. Lorraine Weinrib: "Defining terrorism: is motive a valid concern?"

Friday, January 26, 2007

In her monthly Law Times column, Prof. Lorraine Weinrib analyzes Justice Douglas Rutherford's recent ruling in R. v. Khawaja regarding the element of motive  in the definition of "terrorist activity" ("Defining terrorism: is motive a valid concern?", November 6, 2006).

Read the full commentary on the Law Times website.

Prof. Ed Morgan - "Undermining Israel"

Friday, January 26, 2007

Prof. Ed Morgan has written a commentary in the Montreal Gazette about the recent conference in Iran that brought together Holocaust-deniers ("Undermining Israel," December 14, 2006).

Read the full commentary.

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