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Abraham Drassinower

Abraham Drassinower

Chair in the Legal, Ethical and Cultural Implications of Technological Innovation
Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
78 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario
Canada, M5S 2C5
Tel.: 416-978-4408
Email: abraham.drassinower@utoronto.ca
 
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Abraham Drassinower, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., LL.B. (Toronto) is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, Chair in the Legal, Ethical and Cultural Implications of Technological Innovation. He joined the Faculty of Law in 1999, and served as the Director of the Centre for Innovation Law and Policy from 2006 to 2009. He previously held a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto (1993-1995), and lectured principally on political philosophy at York University (1993-1995) and at the University of Toronto (1995-1998).  He served as a Law Clerk to Mr. Justice John C. Major of the Supreme Court of Canada (1998-1999).

Professor Drassinower's interests include property, intellectual property, legal and political philosophy, critical theory, and psychoanalysis. He has published in the areas of charitable trusts, unjust enrichment, intellectual property, and psychoanalysis and political theory.  He is currently working on a book on the public domain in copyright law.

Course(s) Taught This Year Course Code
Authorship and Copyright: Theory and History LAW358H1
First Year: Property I (0101) LAW103Y1
Intellectual Property: Copyright, Trademark and Patent LAW384H1
 
   
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