Joel Bakan is professor of law at the University of British Columbia. A former Rhodes Scholar and law clerk to Chief Justice Brian Dickson of the Supreme Court of Canada, Bakan has law degrees from the universities of Oxford (B.A. Juris), Dalhousie (LL.B.), and Harvard (LL.M.). His critically acclaimed book, The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power (2004) was published in over 20 languages and became a bestseller in several countries. Bakan wrote and co-created (with Mark Achbar) a feature documentary film, The Corporation, based on the book. The film won numerous awards, including best foreign documentary at the Sundance Film Festival, and was a critical and box office success. The New Corporation is an award-winning sequel film, co-directed (with Jennifer Abbott), written by Bakan, and based on Bakan’s award-winning book of the same name. Bakan’s scholarly work includes Just Words: Constitutional Rights and Social Wrongs (1997), as well as textbooks, edited collections, and numerous articles in leading legal and social science journals. His award-winning book, Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Targets Children (2012), has been translated into several languages. A recipient of awards for both writing and teaching, Bakan has worked on landmark legal cases and government policy, and serves regularly as a public speaker and media commentator.