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Prof. Sujit Choudhry Part of Panel Recommending Major Changes to City

Wednesday, February 1, 2006

The Governing Toronto Advisory Panel, which includes Associate Professor Sujit Choudhry of the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, released its report on November 23, 2005 on how to improve the City of Toronto's governance structure.

Prof. Jacob Ziegel: "Is this what Irwin Cotler calls reform?"

Saturday, January 7, 2006

In a commentary in the National Post, Professor Emeritus Jacob Ziegel lambastes federal Justice Minister Irwin Cotler for the inadequacy of the minister's attempts to reform the system of appointments to the Supreme Court of Canada ("Is this what Irwin Cotler calls reform?", November 10, 2005).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Lorraine Weinrib's new column: "Charter precludes unequal regimes"

Saturday, January 7, 2006

Prof. Lorraine Weinrib has begun a regular monthly column in the Law Times entitled "Second Opinion."

Her first column appeared on October 3, 2005. "Charter precludes unequal regimes" addresses the question of religious-based arbitration in Ontario.

Prof. Ed Morgan: "War criminals in our midst"

Saturday, January 7, 2006

In a commentary in the National Post (October 21, 2005), Prof. Ed Morgan discusses the war-crimes charges laid against Desire Munyaneza, an alleged Rwandan genocidaire living in Toronto, and the history of Canadian war-crimes prosecutions.

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Ian Lee: "There is a logic in dual-class shares"

Saturday, January 7, 2006

Prof. Ian Lee has written a commentary in the Financial Post analyzing the benefits of dual-class shares ("There is a logic in dual-class shares," November 8, 2005).

Read the full commentary.

"Why did Canada reject this refugee?" - by Prof. Audrey Macklin

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

In a commentary in the Toronto Star (Aug. 15, 2005), Prof. Audrey Macklin says that it is bitterly ironic that we should deny rape victim Dr. Shazia Khalid safe haven, since Canada in 1993 became the first country to introduce guidelines on gender-related persecution and refugee status.

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Anver Emon: "A Mistake to Ban Sharia"

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Prof. Anver Emon has published a commentary in the Globe and Mail in response to the Ontario government's decision to ban all forms of family arbitration based on religious law, including Islamic law ("A Mistake to Ban Sharia," Globe and Mail, September 13, 2005).

Read the full commentary.

Profs Flood, Roach and Sossin Health Law Book Available

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Professors Colleen M. Flood, Kent Roach, and Lorne Sossin have edited a book, The Legal Debate over Private Health Insurance in Canada, which brings together papers from the conference "Access to Care, Access to Justice: The Legal Debate over Private Health Insurance in Canada", held on September 16, 2005. The book was published only three weeks after the conference itself.

Profs Roach, Flood, Sossin op-ed: "A way forward for medicare"

Tuesday, November 1, 2005

Professors Kent Roach, Colleen Flood and Lorne Sossin have written a commentary on "A way forward for medicare" in the Toronto Star (September 16, 2005). The commentary is published in conjunction with the conference they have organized on the same day, Access to Care, Access to Justice: The Legal Debate over Private Health Insurance in Canada, which explores the implications of the Chaoulli decision.

Two U of T Professors Cross-Appointed to Faculty

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

U of T Professors Dr. Ran Hirschl (Political Science) and Dr. Cheryl Regehr (Social Work) were cross-appointed to the Faculty of Law in August.

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