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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).

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.

IHRP Intern publishes article in Citizenship Studies based on her experiences.

Monday, December 5, 2011

Rebecca Sutton (2L) is a current IHRP clinic student and was an IHRP intern in 2009 with the Forced Migration Studies Program in South Africa.

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.

Latest updates from the Faculty of Law building project

Thursday, December 1, 2011

New building project

The Faculty of Law new building project continues to move forward. Here are the latest renderings of the new building, including both exterior and interior images.

Building Campaign launches the future at a new Faculty of Law

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

New benchmarks set as law firms Osler and Torys give unprecedented gifts of more than $2M each

Law Building Campaign Launch

More than 200 alumni and friends of the Faculty of Law gathered on Nov. 29, 2011 to celebrate the launch of a $53-million building campaign to position Canada’s number one law school for a future of boundless leadership, potential and vision.

Polygamy Reference Ruling Emphasizes the Rights of Children

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

The decision of the British Columbia Supreme Court in the Polygamy Reference case makes a strong statement respecting the rights of children and the state obligation to protect them from harm. In a lengthy judgment, Chief Justice Bauman catalogues the volumes of evidence demonstrating the harms to women and children associated with the practice of polygamy around the world and in our own backyard, in Bountiful, British Columbia.

Prof. Jeff MacIntosh - "A mini-bubble in bioenergy stocks?"

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

In a commentary in the Financial Post, Prof. Jeff MacIntosh investigates whether a stock-market bubble is developing in bio-energy stocks ("A mini-bubble in bioenergy stocks?", November 2, 2011).

Read the full commentary on the Financial Post website.

Profs. Anita Anand and Andrew Green - "Carrots needed"

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

In a commentary in the Financial Post, Profs. Anita Anand and Andrew Green write about how the federal government could make a national securities regulator a reality if the Supreme Court makes a favourable judgement in the reference on the issue ("Carrots needed," October 26, 2011).

Read the full commentary on the Financial Post website.

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