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Prof. Michael Trebilcock receives Premier's Discovery Award for a lifetime of scholarship

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Prof. Michael Trebilcock

Award caps long-time career in law and economics for Michael Trebilcock, who put a ‘human face’ on this pioneering specialization

Prof. Anver Emon publishes new book, "Islamic Natural Law Theories"

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Prof. Anver Emon has published a new book, Islamic Natural Law Theories (Oxford University Press, 2010).

Prof. Audrey Macklin - "Memory loss and torture"

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Prof. Audrey Macklin has written a commentary in the Toronto Star about the testimony by one of Omar Khadr's interrogators that he cannot remember the details of the interrogation ("Memory loss and torture," May 25, 2010).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Lisa Austin - "Canadaís access axis"

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Prof. Lisa Austin has written a commentary in the Globe and Mail about the limitations of Canada's current access-to-information laws ("Canada’s access axis," April 20, 2010).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Ben Alarie co-authors report: "Ontarioís Green Energy ìFeeî Likely Unconstitutional"

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Prof. Ben Alarie has co-authored a report for the C.D. Howe Institute, released on April 22, 2010, that argues that the Ontario government’s green energy "fee," which the Ontario Energy Board collects from electricity distributors, amounts to  taxation through regulation, and is likely unconstitutional.

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.

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