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Prof. Jacob Ziegel - "There are better ways to investigate judicial conduct"

Thursday, November 8, 2012

In a commentary in The Lawyers Weekly, Prof. Jacob Ziegel argues that the Canadian Judicial Council’s inquiry procedures are unacceptably cumbersome ("There are better ways to investigate judicial conduct," Nov. 2, 2012). The full commentary is republished below.

There are better ways to investigate judicial conduct

Jacob Ziegel

Prof. Anver Emon co-editor of new book, "Islamic Law and International Human Rights Law"

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Islamic Law and International Human Rights LawProf. Anver Emon is the co-editor, with Mark Ellis and Benjamin Glahn, of a new collection of essays published by Oxford University Press, Islamic Law and International Human Rights Law (2012).

Prof. Anita Anand: "Telus win scores for ­shareholders"

Thursday, October 18, 2012

In a commentary in the Financial Post, Prof. Anita Anand analyzes the history of the merging of dual-share structures in Canada through the lens of the recent decision regarding Telus ("Telus win scores for ­shareholders," Oct. 18, 2012).

Read the full commentary on the Financial Post website, or below.

Q & A with Zhenmin Wang, Dean, Tsinghua University School of Law

Saturday, October 13, 2012

The Faculty of Law recently welcomed distinguished visitor,  Zhenmin Wang, the dean of one of China's most prestigious law schools, Tsinghua University School of Law, in Beijing. Dean Wang taught an intensive course to students, for his third consecutive year, and participated in the first joint conference between the two law schools: "Frontiers of Constitutional Jurisprudence in China and Canada." Nexus executive editor, Lucianna Ciccocioppo, sat down with Dean Wang for a chat and learned a lot more about China's unique legal system--and a new lawyer joke.

2012 American Society of International Law Prize awarded to SJD student

Monday, September 24, 2012
SJD student, Sagi Peari

 

Congratulations to SJD student Sagi Peari, recipient of the 2012 American Society of International Law Prize in Private International Law for his article: "Choice-Based Perspective of Choice-of-Law."

Faculty of Law lands top spot on Maclean's law school rankings list

Saturday, September 8, 2012

The University of Toronto Faculty of Law has once again landed the top spot on Maclean’s magazine annual Law School Rankings, posted online today. The rankings look at graduate quality, hiring rates to elite law firms, national scope of law alumni, number of Supreme Court of Canada clerkships, and faculty hiring, quality and number of journals citations.

The Faculty of Law was first in elite firm hiring rates, faculty hiring/quality and number of journal citations. The law school ranked second in number of SCC clerkships.

Prof. Brenda Cossman named a Fellow of Royal Society of Canada

Thursday, September 6, 2012
Brenda Cossman

The Faculty of Law congratulates Prof. Brenda Cossman on her election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, in recognition for outstanding scholarly work. Cossman is one of 71 new Fellows to the RSC, who span a wide range of disciplines and academic backgrounds.

Prof. Anver Emon publishes new book, "Religious Pluralism and Islamic Law"

Friday, August 17, 2012

Religious Pluralism and Islamic LawProf. Anver Emon has published a new book, Religious Pluralism and Islamic Law: Dhimmis and Others in the Empire of Law (Oxford University Press, 2012).

From the publisher:

In the New York Times, Prof. Ayelet Shachar debates Olympic citizenship requirements

Friday, July 27, 2012

In the "Room for Debate" section of the New York Times, Prof. Ayelet Shachar has contributed to the discussion "Which Country Did You Say You Were Playing For?" about Olympic citizenship requirements. Her contribution, "Serious Moral Quandaries," (July 27, 2012) picks up on her article "Picking Winners" in the Yale Law Journal. (See also the Nexus magazine article, "Picking Winners", about Shachar's work).

Prof. Audrey Macklin - "The government has not kept its word in the Omar Khadr case"

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Prof. Audrey Macklin takes the federal government to task for its lack of action in bringing the Omar Khadr case to its promised resolution ("The government has not kept its word in the Omar Khadr case," July 17, 2012).

Read the article on the Toronto Star website, or below.

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