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Profs. Fernandez and Dubber publish new book, "Law Books in Action"

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Law Books in ActionProfs. Angela Fernandez and Markus Dubber are the co-editors of Law Books in Action: Essays on the Anglo-American Legal Treatise (Oxford: Hart Books, 2012). The book's 11 chapters include articles by Prof. Fernandez and U of T Profs. Stephen Waddams and Jim Phillips.

From the publisher:

Center for Transnational Legal Studies featured in the New York Times, Prof. Rittich quoted

Monday, April 9, 2012

The Center for Transnational Studies, of which the University of Toronto Faculty of Law is a founding partner, is featured in the New York Times ("Four-Year-Old Center in London Is Devoted to Growing Field of Transnational Law," April 8, 2012).

Prof. Yasmin Dawood on "Politics and the One Per Cent"

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

UofT Magazine interviewed Prof. Yasmin Dawood about the effect on American politics of the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down regulations limiting the amount of money corporations and unions could spend on political advertising ("Politics and the One Per Cent: What effect will unlimited corporate spending have on the U.S. election?", Spring 2012).

Prof. Kent Roach - "Canada plays a dangerous game"

Friday, March 23, 2012

In a commentary in the Ottawa Citizen, Prof. Kent Roach examines the recent history of Canada's policies towards Canadians in danger of being tortured abroad, and expresses concern about current government directives ("Canada plays a dangerous game," March 7, 2012).

Prof. Jacob Ziegel - "How to choose the best judges"

Friday, March 23, 2012

In a commentary in the National Post, Prof. Emeritus Jacob Ziegel points to the English system for appointing judges as a potential model for improving the appointment of justices in Canada ("How to choose the best judges," March 6, 2012).

Read the full commentary in the National Post.

 

"Transformative Human Rights" exhibition launched with high praise for IHRP

Monday, March 12, 2012

The organizers of the IHRP exhibition

A team of six JD students and seven museum studies graduate students, along with faculty and staff, worked together to curate and produce the exhibition. 

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo

Access to Justice for All Roundtable

Monday, March 12, 2012

The Geography of Civil Legal Services in Ontario

The Centre for the Legal Profession hosted “Access to Justice for All” on Feb. 10, 2012, to promote discussion about “one of the most defining issues in the legal profession in Ontario.” The roundtable occurred on the one-year anniversary of the law school’s highly successful Access to Justice Colloquium.

Andrea Russell op-ed "Matter of fact" in the Kathmandu Post

Monday, March 12, 2012

Andrea Russell, who teaches International Criminal Law at the Faculty of Law as well as being executive director of the Office of the Dean, has published a commentary in Nepal's The Kathmandu Post encouraging Nepal to join the International Criminal Court. Russell recently returned from Nepal, where she was advising the legal profession on joining the court ("Matter of fact," Feb. 29, 2012).

Read the full article in The Kathmandu Post.

The sobering truth about freedom of expression in Mexico: the killings continue and impunity reigns

Thursday, March 8, 2012

 PEN Protesta!
 UTLaw's Renu Mandhane, far right, first in the second row, attended PEN Protesta! in Mexico City.

By Renu Mandhane, director, International Human Rights Program (IHRP)