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A committee of inquiry chaired by Prof. Trudo Lemmens has released its report regarding an incident in which Ottawa institutions seized the records of a pair of academic researchers, concluding that the seizure was unjustified. “The seizure of research records is a serious measure that can be justified in extreme circumstances only, where no other reasonable options are available,” the Committee states in its report. The report also calls for greater clarity about the issue of informed consent in research.

In a commentary in the Ottawa Citizen, Prof. Kent Roach analyzes developments in the use of the law in response to terrorism, in relation to recent arrests and federal government legislation ("Two steps forward, one back in dealing with terrorism," April 24, 2013).

Read the full commentary on the Ottawa Citizen website, or below.

The Faculty of Law is deeply saddened to inform the law school community about the death of Professor Emeritus Ralph Scane on April 10, 2013.

Prof. Scane, an alumnus of the University of Toronto’s Victoria University, Class of 1953, was a much-loved scholar and teacher. He joined the Faculty of Law in 1967 where he was Associate Professor (1967-1969), Associate Dean (1969-1973) and Professor (1969-1995). Prior to his faculty appointment, Prof. Scane practiced law in Toronto from 1957 to 1962 and from 1964 to 1967, and was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1977.

In a guest editorial in the magazine Xtra!, Prof. Brenda Cossman comments on Canada's child pornography law, an issue recently brought to the fore by the controversy around comments by Tom Flanagan ("Canada's child pornography law has rightly been criticized for years," March 5, 2013).

Read the commentary on the Xtra! website or below.