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2016 Grafstein Lecture: "Lex Aetheria" or how to create laws in an Internet age

Saturday, January 23, 2016
graphic image for Grafstein lecture 2016

Speaker Justice Roger Hughes says historical merchant and marine laws can help answer 21st century legal questions

By Alvin Yau, 1L

Faculty of Law co-sponsors all-day workshop about TPP agreement for Minister Chrystia Freeland

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

By Terry Lavender

photo of Chrystia Freeland at lectern

“I felt I needed to be informed by the academic community’s
thinking on trade issues,” Chrystia Freeland said
(all photos by Arnold Lan)

Special Issue of JILIR dedicated to 2014 Baker Lecture - Anne Orford on Food Security and International Trade Law

Friday, January 15, 2016

The Journal of International Law and International Relations (JILIR) has published a special issue based on the 2014 Katherine Baker Memorial Lecture delivered by Anne Orford, Michael D Kirby Chair of International Law, Melbourne Law School. Prof. Orford spoke about "Food Security, the World Trade Organisation, and the Social State."

JD student Duncan Melville writes in Globe and Mail about Bombardier bailout and dual-class shares

Thursday, January 14, 2016

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail's Report on Business, JD student Duncan Melville argues that, if the federal government provides financial support to Bombardier, it should require the company to unwind its dual-class share structure ("If Ottawa opts to bail out Bombardier, it ought to impose one key condition," January 13, 2016).

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

 

If Ottawa opts to bail out Bombardier, it ought to impose one key condition

By Duncan Melville

Top 10 Faculty of Law news stories of 2015

Wednesday, January 13, 2016
graphic says top 10 news stories @UTLaw

You like to read stories about our students: who they are, where they’re from—and what they’re up to. From exemplary mooting results and engaging profiles, to alumni news in Nexus, here’s what made you click in 2015:

(Read the stories in full by clicking on the headlines)

Prof. Trudo Lemmens co-authors "Why we must move cautiously on doctor-assisted dying"

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Trudo Lemmens and Prof. Harvey Schipper of the Faculty of Medicine review the many complex issues that Parliament must consider when it comes to legislating about physician-assisted death ("Why we must move cautiously on doctor-assisted dying," January 11, 2016).

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

Why we must move cautiously on doctor-assisted dying

By Trudo Lemmens and Harvey Schipper

January 11, 2016

Prof. Kent Roach writes "China's anti-terror law takes its cues from democracies" in Ottawa Citizen

Thursday, January 7, 2016

In a commentary in the Ottawa Citizen, Prof. Kent Roach compares China's new anti-terrorism law to existing laws in democratic nations, finding that it is "is not radically different from those enacted by many democracies" ("China's anti-terror law takes its cues from democracies," December 31, 2015).

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

 

JD student Samuel Mosonyi writes op-ed in Globe and Mail on the value of dining etiquette

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

JD student Samuel Mosonyi has published a commentary in the Globe and Mail's "Report on Business" section about the value of learning to meet people and conduct business over a meal ("How being a good dinner companion could make your career," December 29, 2015).

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

 

Towards a decarbonized future: Deconstructing the #COP21 Paris Agreement

Monday, December 21, 2015

A template to move forward: (left) Silvia Maciunas (Global Affairs), Keith Stewart (Greenpeace Canada), Matthew Hoffmann (Department of Political Science), Steven Bernstein (Department of Political Science), and Jutta Brunnée (Faculty of Law) with moderator Brian Stewart.

 

“This agreement is a shift to an adaptive or reflexive approach to global governance.” -- International Law scholar Jutta Brunnée

 

By Peter Boisseau

Untangling IP law in a world of trade agreements

Saturday, December 19, 2015
vintage style poster of patent law colloquium for 2015

Patent Law Colloquium keynote speaker asks: Is Canada’s sovereignty at stake?

By Mark Witten

Changes in international IP law resulting from trade agreements pose a potential threat to Canada’s sovereign powers and ability to safeguard public health, said Rochelle Dreyfuss, a leading intellectual property expert and Pauline Newman Professor of Law at NYU School of Law. She gave the keynote speech at the fourth annual Patent Colloquium, hosted last fall by the University of Toronto Faculty of Law’s Centre for Innovation Law and Policy.

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