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Students discuss constitutional initiatives in Asper Centre's 2010 newsletter

Thursday, July 29, 2010

In 2009-2010, students and faculty played important roles in a variety of constitutional cases at the Supreme Court of Canada and provincial Supreme Courts, under the aegis of the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights.

In the Asper Centre's 2010 annual newsletter, students and faculty discuss these cases and the Centre's role in them, and also describe panel discussions on constitutional issues and other events sponsored by the Centre in the past year.

Law students help Iranians fight human rights abuses

Thursday, July 29, 2010

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo

(March 11, 2010) Not too many university students can say they contributed to a human rights report on Iran which was submitted to the United Nations for review. But these two law students can.

Prof. Ed Morgan - "Israelís naval blockade pitches and rolls with the Law of the Sea"

Thursday, July 29, 2010

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Ed Morgan assesses Israel's seizure of ships bound for Gaza in terms of the Law of the Sea ("Israel’s naval blockade pitches and rolls with the Law of the Sea," June 3, 2010).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Jeffrey MacIntosh - "The fedsí weak case"

Thursday, July 29, 2010

In a commentary in the Financial Post, Prof. Jeffrey MacIntosh argues that the national securities regulator proposed by the federal government is unlikely to pass muster with the Supreme Court of Canada ("The feds’ weak case," May 31, 2010).

Read the full commentary.

JD student Anna Pippus wins Helton Fellowship to pursue international project

Thursday, July 29, 2010

For the fourth year in a row, a University of Toronto JD student is among the eleven winners of the prestigious Arthur C. Helton Fellowship for projects in international law, from the American Society of International Law.

Article: Macklin - Guilty of contempt

Friday, July 23, 2010

Guilty of contempt

As the sham trial of Omar Khadr approaches, Canada's government still refuses to uphold its moral and legal obligations

By Audrey Macklin

This commentary was first published in the Ottawa Citizen on July 20, 2010

Compromise and Contradictions: Negotiating the Crime of Aggression

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

By Ryan Liss (University of Toronto Faculty of Law, International Human Rights Program; and Coalition for the International Criminal Court) 
July 12, 2010

Article: Macklin - Multiple citizenship

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Multiple citizenship: I am Canadian ... am I not?

by Audrey Macklin and François Crépeau

This commentary was first published in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald on July 2, 2010.

Article: Macklin - Memory loss and torture

Friday, June 4, 2010

Memory loss and torture

by Audrey Macklin

This commentary was first published in the Toronto Star on May 25, 2010.

I have long known that torture can impair the memory of survivors. What I learned from observing the recent military commission proceedings in the case of Omar Khadr, the Canadian facing trial at Guantanamo for crimes he allegedly committed at age 15, is that it can impair the memory of perpetrators too.

Article: MacIntosh - The fedsí weak case

Friday, June 4, 2010

The feds’ weak case

by Jeffrey MacIntosh

This commentary was first published in the Financial Post on May 31, 2010.

The tea leaves have been read. The entrails have been poked and prodded. And now the mavens of constitutional divination have furnished us with an answer — the feds will prevail in their upcoming Reference to the Supreme Court of Canada. They will finally and unambiguously prove that they have the constitutional jurisdiction to set up a federal securities regulator.

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