Looking for solutions: Symposium on the Reference re Assisted Human Reproduction Act

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

In the Reference re Assisted Human Reproduction Act (2010 SCC 61), the Supreme Court of Canada issued a divided 4-4-1 opinion that declared several provisions of the federal Assisted Human Reproduction Act ("AHRA") ultra vires. As a result, many core provisions of the AHRA were declared unconstitutional, particularly those related to the introduction of a federal licensing and control system. Other provisions, for example those related to the federal government's power to regulate the reimbursement of expenses for surrogacy or gamete donation, remain intact.

Prof. David Schneiderman - "Free speech and dog walking"

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

In a commentary in The Toronto Star, Prof. David Schneiderman analyzes the decision by Justice David Brown regarding the Occupy Toronto encampment in St. James' Park ("Free speech and dog walking," November 28, 2011).

Read the commentary on The Toronto Star website.

Profs Schneiderman and Morgan comment on legalities of attempted Occupy Toronto eviction

Friday, December 16, 2011

In the Globe and Mail, Prof. David Schneiderman has written a commentary on the City of Toronto's attempt to evict the Occupy Toronto protesters from St. James' Park ("Toronto’s protesters have the right to stay put," Nov. 17, 2011).

Reunion 2011 kicks off with Michael Ignatieff special lecture

Friday, December 16, 2011

‘Originals’ from Class of 1956 turn out for one of biggest Reunion weekends ever

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo

Michael Ignatieff
Michael Ignatieff gives the Reunion Lecture

Prof. Lisa Austin - "Stop hiding behind the phone book, Mr. Toews"

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

In a commentary in The Globe and Mail, Prof. Lisa Austin examines how new lawful access legislation will expand the government's ability to get access to private internet-related information without judicial oversight ("Stop hiding behind the phone book, Mr. Toews," Dec. 6, 2011).

Read the full commentary on The Globe and Mail website.

U of T faculty cited in BC polygamy decision

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Four University of Toronto Faculty of Law faculty and staff were cited, directly or indirectly, in the landmark polygamy reference judgment by the Supreme Court of British Columbia, which was written by alumnus The Honourable Chief Justice Robert Bauman ('74).

Prof. Rebecca Cook's literature review on the harms of polygyny, particularly in terms of international human rights law, was cited multiple times in the decision.

Print symposium on Prof. Ayelet Shacharís "The Birthright Lottery" in Issues in Legal Scholarship

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Prof. Ayelet Shachar’s influential book, The Birthright Lottery: Citizenship and Global Inequality, published by Harvard University Press, is the subject of a special symposium titled "Denaturalizing Citizenship" in the journal Issues in Legal Scholarship (2011: Volume 9, Issue 1).

Watch the webcast: Symposium on the Impact of targeted anti-terrorist sanctions on human rights

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

 UN Security Council Resolution 1267 symposium 

On Friday, November 19, 2010 the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights, the International Human Rights Program and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association co-hosted a half-day symposium: UN Security Council Resolution 1267:
Impact of targeted anti-terrorist sanctions on human rights.

Profs. Emon and Macklin interview SJD student Ahmed Saleh about Facebook and the Egyptian revolution

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

In the Boston Review, Profs. Anver Emon and Audrey Macklin, with co-editor Ellen Lust, interview SJD student Ahmed Saleh and his colleague Nadine Wahab, administrators of the “We are all Khaled Said” Facebook campaign, about the role and limitations of Facebook in the Egyptian revolution ("We Are All Khaled Said," Nov. 3, 2011).

Prof. Ran Hirschl receives the 2011 Mahoney Prize in Legal Theory

Thursday, December 1, 2011

The Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence in the Faculty of Law at the University of Sydney is honouring Prof. Ran Hirschl with the 2011 Dennis Leslie Mahoney Prize in Legal Theory and have invited Professor Hirschl to deliver the prestigious Julius Stone Address in 2012.