Prof. Brenda Cossman - "The law alone can’t change rape culture"

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Brenda Cossman reviews the effectiveness of Canada's sexual assault laws, and argues that "Seriously transforming the way in which criminal law deals with sexual assault requires a fundamental transformation of our underlying sexual culture" ("The law alone can’t change rape culture," October 8, 2013).

Read the commentary on the Globe and Mail website, or below.

SJD student Kyle Kirkup writes "When should unprotected sex trigger the heavy hand of criminal law?"

Thursday, October 3, 2013

SJD student and Trudeau Scholar Kyle Kirkup has written a commentary in the Globe and Mail analyzing a recent case in which an HIV-positive woman was sent to prison for having unprotected sex ("When should unprotected sex trigger the heavy hand of criminal law?", October 3, 2013).

Read the full commentary on the Globe and Mail website.

Welcome to Professors Larissa Katz and Malcolm Thorburn

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

The Faculty of Law is pleased to welcome Professors Larissa Katz and Malcolm Thorburn, who officially joined the law school on July 2, 2013. The scholars were hired in 2011 but were on sabbatical at the University of Oxford, then taught for a final year at Queen’s University. 

Larissa Katz holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alberta; a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Alberta;  and a Master of Laws and SJD from Yale Law School.  She served as a law clerk to Justice Gonthier at the Supreme Court of Canada, and worked as a litigation lawyer with Sullivan & Cromwell in New York for two years prior to entering academia.  Professor Katz works on property law and property theory and publishes widely in that field.  She will teach Property and Trusts.

Prof. Kent Roach - "Two steps forward, one back in dealing with terrorism"

Thursday, April 25, 2013

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.

New issue of UT Law Journal edited by Prof. Markus Dubber focuses on "Criminal jurisdiction"

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

The Spring 2013 issue of the University of Toronto Law Journal (63:2) focuses on the neglected subject of criminal jurisdiction. In his introduction, Prof. Markus Dubber writes

"Criminal jurisdiction deserves more respect, and this focus feature hopes to make a contribution, however small and preliminary, to giving criminal jurisdiction its due. It aims to start a fresh conversation about criminal jurisdiction, in domestic and international law, informed by comparative, historical, and theoretical perspectives."

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