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Pocketbook edition of University Professor Jutta Brunnée's 2019 Hague Academy course

Saturday, October 24, 2020

Since 1923, courses given at The Hague Academy of International Law are published in English or French in the Collected Courses of the Academy.

Since 2008, select courses published in the series have also been published as pocketbooks, with the aim of making them accessible to a wider public, especially students.

Book Workshop, James Penner’s Property Rights: A Re-examination (OUP)

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

On October 22, 2020, University of Toronto is hosting a workshop of international scholars to discuss property theorist and legal philosopher James Penner’s new book, Property Rights: A Re-examination (Oxford University Press).

Volume 16 of the Journal of Law & Equality published

Friday, October 9, 2020

Editors-in-Chief Amit Singh and Angela Hou are delighted to announce that Volume 16 (2020) of the Journal of Law & Equality has been published. 

This issue features four timely and incisive articles that bring theoretical insights, legal analysis of public policy issues, and doctrinal arguments

Professor Anver Emon recognized with Connaught Global Challenge Award

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Professor Anver Emon

Professor Anver Emon of the Faculty of Law and Faculty of Arts & Science has received a Connaught Global Challenge Award for his project, Reading Muslims: The Politics of Texts in Islamic Studies.

How can researching normativity help us align AI with human values?: Professor Gillian K. Hadfield

Thursday, October 1, 2020

Fears about the conflict between humans and artificial intelligence have been front and centre in the popular imagination for decades, from 2001: A Space Odyssey’s HAL in 1968 to contemporary imaginings of killer robots. And our fears aren’t entirely unfounded.

What did Amy Coney Barrett say? Professor David Dyzenhaus for the Verfassungsblog on Matters Constitutional

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

"Very soon Trump’s new pick for the US Supreme Court will be grilled by Democratic senators about her conservative views on abortion and the Affordable Care Act. They are rightly worried that her appointment will put in place a 6-3 majority of rightwing judges on the Court, especially in the wake of Trump’s explicit disappointment at the fact that even his picks have on a couple of occasions voted against positions he favoured. What assurance does he think he has that this pick will be more compliant, a ‘loyal’ ‘Trump judge’? 

Epstein Cole LLP Joins Pro Bono Students Canada as Founding Partner of New Family Justice Centre

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Pro Bono Students Canada (PBSC), together with Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) and Epstein Cole LLP, is pleased to announce the launch of its new

A farewell to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, from a sister in law: Op-Ed by Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella (LLB 1970)

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

In an op-ed published in the Globe and Mail, Supreme Court of Canada Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella (LLB 1970) pays tribute to her friend, "the incandescent Ruth Bader Ginsburg".

On the day of Ms. Ginsburg's death, Sept. 18, The Hon. Silberman Abella told the Globe and Mail, "She was a courageous jurist who left an indelible, progressive mark on American jurisprudence and an inspiring one for judges everywhere. The fight for global justice just got harder."

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