Friday, January 15, 2016 - 4:00pm to Saturday, January 16, 2016 - 5:55pm
Location: 
Victoria College, Rm. 101

 

The 2016 Grafstein Lecture in Communications

 

The Honourable Roger T. Hughes 

Federal Court of Canada

 

Lex Aetheria - Law of the Aether

  

There is an emerging international body of law and enforcement of Court Orders directed to regulate the content of telecommunications, including the internet – I call this the lex aetheria.  The lex aetheria is following in the footsteps of earlier international law, such as lex mercatoria and lex maritime, because there is a need to transcend national boundaries in order to deal with what is recognized by all civilized nations to be undesirable activity whether it be criminal, anti-social or infringement of rights. The purpose of my lecture is to recognize this emerging body of law, and to make recommendations for its future course.

  

4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Victoria College, Rm. 101
91 Charles Street West, Toronto

 

Reception to follow.

 

This event is free and open to the public.

 

The Grafstein Annual Lecture in Communications was established by Senator Jerry S. Grafstein, Q.C., Class of 1958, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his graduation from the Faculty of Law and the 10th anniversary of the graduation of his son, Laurence Grafstein and daughter-in-law, Rebecca Grafstein (nee Weatherhead), both from the Class of 1988.