Toronto homecoming for renowned law and economics scholar: Meet new faculty member Professor Gillian Hadfield

Wednesday, August 15, 2018
photo of Gillian Hadfield

Global authority on the intersection between law and technology returns to Canada to join a vibrant and thriving powerhouse for AI research and legal tech

By Sheldon Gordon

Gillian Hadfield, a leading scholar and advocate for legal reform and redesign, is the latest pioneering academic to be drawn by Toronto’s growing reputation as an advanced technology hub.

Canadian Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting

THE 2015 MEETINGS OF
THE CANADIAN LAW AND ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION
Friday, September 23 – Saturday, September 24, 2016 

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JIM TORY LAW AND ECONOMICS
PUBLIC LECTURE 

“When Civil Society Uses an Iron Fist:
The Roles of Private Associations in Rulemaking and Adjudication” 

by 

Robert Ellickson
Walter E. Meyer Professor Emeritus of Property and Urban Law and

Prof. Tony Duggan delivers the Commercial Law Centre Lecture at the University of Oxford

Friday, October 30, 2015

Prof. Tony Duggan delivered the 4th Commercial Law Centre Lecture at the University of Oxford on Oct. 14, 2015. Prof. Duggan spoke on the subject of "Form and Substance in the Determination of Property Rights: Set-off, Flawed Assets and Security Interests in Cash Deposits." 

Professor Duggan's lecture concerned an issue which frequently vexes courts: whether a contract creates property rights, or merely personal rights.  The lecture focused on the decision of the Canadian Supreme Court in Caisse Populaire Desjardins de l'Est de Drummond v Canada [2009] SCC 29.

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