Content Posted in 2020
ACCLE and Bill C-75: Implications for Student Legal Clinics & Communities in Canada, Jillian Rogin, Gemma Smyth, and Johanna Dennie
ACCLE Past, Present, and Future: Reflections from ACCLE’s Board Presidents, Martha Simmons, Doug Ferguson, Lisa Cirillo, and Gemma Smyth
A Comparative Study of Judicial Safeguards in Relation to Investor-State Dispute Settlement, Pavla Kristkova
A Corporative Theory of Corporate Law and Governance, Phillip Granville Bevans
Across the world, coronavirus hits poor neighbourhoods harder. Here's why, Global News
A Narrowing Field of View: An Investigation into the Relationship Between the Principles of Treaty Interpretation and the Conceptual Framework of Canadian Federalism, Joshua Ben David Nichols
Andrew Scheer and Peter MacKay's throwback to civil-rights-era racial stereotypes, Macleans
Announcing the 2020 Alumni of Influence - News - Arts & Science - University of Saskatchewan, University of Saskatchewan
Antitrust Law in the New Economy by Mark R Patterson, Thomas Dicsi
Are bank algorithms sexist? How tech might be working against women, Global News
Artificially Intelligent Copyright: Rethinking Copyright Boundaries, Aviv Hertzel Gaon
As Canada reopens, are we ready for a second wave of coronavirus infection?, Global News
A simple, low-cost bankruptcy option for Canada's insolvency system, Policy Options
A Snapshot of the Law in the Streets: Reflections of a Former Parkdale Academic Director, Sean Rehaag
Assessing Canada's Copyright Law in the Digital Context: Digital Locks, Open Licenses, and the Limits of Legislative Change, Justice Ifeonukwu Ogoroh
Assessing the value of a life: COVID-19 triage orders mustn't work against those with disabilities, CBC News
A study urged better standards for migrant workers' housing. Nothing was done. Now COVID-19 has struck, The Toronto Star
A Transition Financing Taxonomy for Canada– Insights from the Global Climate Bond Initiative, Canada Climate Law Initiative
Attracting Foreign Investments for Green Energy Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa: Climate Change Policy & Innovation in International Legal Compliance, Leslyn Ann Lewis
Audit Committees and Climate-related Financial Risk – Do you know your role as an audit committee member?, Canada Climate Law Initiative
Axworthy, Charest, Okafor and Studin: Canada must defend its international civil servants against attack, Ottawa Citizen
Before the Plague, CoronaJournal
Beyond the Habitual: Legal Argument Upon the Use of Force and During the Conduct of Hostilities, David Michael Hughes
Big M’s Forgotten Legacy of Freedom, Jamie Cameron
Book Review: Flawed Precedent: The St. Catherine’s Case and Aboriginal Title, F. Tim Knight
Book Review: Irini Papanicolopulu, International Law and the Protection of People at Sea (Oxford: Oxford University Press) 2018, Ramat Tobi Abudu
Books illustrate thought leadership in Indigenous-formed and -led research – YFile, yFile, York University
Bringing Rule of Law and Fairness to the Dysfunctional World of Sovereign Debt: A Role for Canada?, Maziar Peihani and Mark Jewett
Canada hits 100,000 coronavirus cases, and we're not out of the woods yet, Global News
Canada is flattening the coronavirus curve. That's good news, expert explains, Global News
Canada should not join other countries in instituting travel restrictions – or in breaking international law, The Globe and Mail
Canada's ‘Ring of Fire’ Is Loaded with Mineral Deposits But..., The National Interest
Canadians flown out of China will be quarantined for two weeks, CTV News
Canadians in China to be Airlifted Out Thursday, CTV News
Celadon Leaves Former Drivers Hanging Without Bankruptcy Filing In Canada, FreightWaves
Charging incels with terrorism won't protect sex workers, Now Toronto
Charter protections in pandemic times, National Magazine
Cities must end homeless camp evictions during the coronavirus pandemic, The Conversation
Clinical Legal Education on the Ground: A Conversation, Sarah Buhler, Chantelle Johnson, Nicholas Blenkinsop, Leif Jensen, and Kim Pidskalny
Compelling Freedom on Campus: A Free Speech Paradox, Jamie Cameron
Confronting Accessibility in Clinical Legal Education: Human Rights Law and the Accommodation of Law Students with Disabilities in External Placements, Roxanne Mykitiuk and C. Tess Sheldon
Congratulations to Ian Stedman on receiving the IP Osgoode David Vaver Medal for Excellence in IP!, IP Osgoode
Congratulations to Team Osgoode on placing 3rd in the Laskin 2020 Moot held Feb 27-29 in Quebec City., Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Congratulations to this year's Dean's Gold Key honourees, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Connection Grants: Uses in a Virtual World, Obiora C. Okafor, Erika Robinson, and Laurie Cormack
Continuum: Volume 44 (Winter 2020), Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Coronavirus: Closing Canada’s border to refugees violates international law, experts say, Global News
Coronavirus death graph shows how March's lockdown saved lives: expert, Global News
Coronavirus: How B.C. is bending the curve and why there is hope for Ontario and Quebec, Global News
Coronavirus travel bans violate international law and put the world at risk, says Canadian researcher, Vancouver Sun
Coronavirus: We asked an expert your unanswered questions, Global News
Court orders should not be required for health care workers to get PPEs, The Toronto Star
Court orders should not be required for health care workers to get PPEs, Eric M Tucker
Courts can learn to modernize through COVID-19 crisis, experts say, The Lawyer's Daily
Courts need new ideas to safely resume jury trials, selection, lawyers say, The Lawyers' Daily
Covert calls for help – a hotline for migrant workers, CBC News
Detaining the Uncooperative Migrant, Siena Anstis and Molly Joeck
Did the WHO mishandle the global coronavirus pandemic?, CBC News
Digitalization and International Tax Dispute Resolution: A Window of Opportunity for BRITACOM, Jinyan Li, Nathan Jin Bao, Shanghua Hu, Wei Hu, and Matias Zerbino
Disability's Encounter with Legislation and Governance: Long-Term Care Homes in Ontario, Po Land Lai
Electronic Payments: Guide on Legal and Regulatory Reforms and Best Practices for Developing Countries, Benjamin Geva
E.P.Thompson and the rule of law: Qualifying the unqualified good, Douglas Hay
Equal Pay Day Canada 2020: Gender Wage Gap, Refinery29
Everybody is susceptible': Why younger Canadians may be helping fuel the spread of COVID-19, CBC News
Expanding hate crime offences could send message, lawyer says, The Lawyer's Daily
Experimenting with Credibility in Refugee Adjudication: Gaydar, Sean Rehaag and Hilary Evans Cameron
Extraction Contracting: The Struggle for Control of Indigenous Lands, Dayna N. Scott
Far-right extremists getting bolder as threatening behaviour goes unchecked, police warned, CBC News
Federal Enforcement of Migrant Workers’ Labour Rights in Canada: A Research Report, Eric M Tucker, Sarah Marsden, and Leah F. Vosko
Federal government orders regional impact assessment in Ring of Fire, CBC News
Feds Investigate Dismissals At Celadon's Canadian Carrier, Yahoo Finance
Feds seek Osgoode Environmental Justice & Sustainability Clinic’s help in Ring of Fire – YFile, yFile, York University
Fiduciary Obligations with Respect to Climate Change-Carol Hansell and Catherine McCall, Canada Climate Law Initiative
Financial Law and Technology: Book Reviews on Mobile Payments and Digital Innovation, Benjamin Geva
For the second consecutive year, Osgoode takes second place at the Davies Canadian Corporate/Securities Law Moot Court Competition, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
General Appeal Podcast: Episode 2 - Distinction with a Difference, General Appeal Podcast
Girls, Who Run The World? Not Yet: An Analysis of the Underrepresentation of Women on Boards in Canada and the Underlying Theory of the Regulation Thereof, Diana Christine Nicholls
Graduate Program Assistant Chantel Thompson receives the 2019 Louella Sturdy Leadership Award for outstanding contribution to the Law School through her leadership and teamwork with members of the Osgoode community., Office of External Relations & Communications, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Here’s what we know about whether China misrepresented the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, Global News
Holocaust, Genocide, and the Law: A Quest for Justice in a Post-Holocaust World by Michael J. Bazyler, Irina Samborski
Home, Precarious Home: A Year of Housing Law Advocacy at a Saskatoon Legal Clinic, Sarah Buhler and Catriona Kaiser-Derrick
Honouring Osgoode's Best, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
How the new coronavirus compares to SARS, MERS, Ebola and other diseases, Global News
Hryniak, the 2010 Amendments, and the First Stages of a Culture Shift?: The Evolution of Ontario Civil Procedure in the 2010s, Gerard Joseph Kennedy
Human Rights in Global Health: Rights- Based Governance for a Globalizing World edited by Benjamin M. Meier and Lawrence O. Gostin1, Regiane Garcia and Kristi Heather Kenyon
If You Love Something, Set it Free? Open Content Copyright Licensing and Creative Cultural Expression, Giuseppe Roberto Tarantino
Implementing UNDRIP in Canada: Any Role for Corporations?, Basil Ugochukwu
Indigenous communities not appropriately brought into constitutional structure: Civil justice advocate, BNN Bloomberg
Intergenerational Imprisonment: Resistance and Resilience in Indigenous Communities, Linda Mussell
International Accountability in the Implementation of the Right to Development and the “Wonderful Artificiality” of Law: An African Perspective, Obiora C. Okafor and Uchechukwu Ngwaba
Introduction, Sarah Buhler
Jamal Greene, Dwight Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, to deliver Pierre Genest Lecture at Osgoode Jan. 15 on “The Rights Epidemic”, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
JD/MBA student's new venture helps people keep up with legislative changes during the pandemic, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
JD student Angela Bain presented the Government of Canada’s questions and comments to the Government of Lesotho’s delegation on Jan. 22 at the 35th session of the Universal Periodic Review at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Office of External Relations & Communications, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
JD student Avesta Alani receives scholarship offered by the Legal Leaders for Diversity Trust Fund, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Judgment shows you can’t hide behind Internet and get away with defamation, lawyers say, The Lawyer's Daily
Judicial jousting emerges at Supreme Court of Canada, The Toronto Star
Judiciary’s comments on women come to fore, Law Times
Just Clinics: A Humble Manifesto, Sarah Marsden
Kent McNeil: Pipeline protests and the rule of law, Vancouver Sun
Late Reaction to Pandemic Has Proven Costly, Regina Leader-Post
Law foundation approves grants for investor rights projects of UToronto Law, Osgoode and others, Law Times
Law professor denied entry to province calls travel ban unconstitutional, NTV
LawPRO loses out on potential $87.8M tax windfall in Federal Court of Appeal decision, The Lawyers' Daily
Law Society announces 2020 award recipients, Law Society of Ontario
Legal experts call for halt to 'mining as usual' during pandemic, CBC News
Looking at the pandemic response: Q-and-A with global health Professor Steven Hoffman, Yfile
Meet 2020 Dean for a Day (in waiting) Sebastian Di Domenico, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Mining Conflict, Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Justice: The Case of Phulbari Coal Project in Bangladesh, Mohammad Mahmudul Hasan
Model Statute for Proceedings Challenging Government Failure to Act on Climate Change February 2020, International Bar Association
Mother of newborn twins denied exemption to return to home province of N.L., CBC News
Narrowing the Gap between Tax Law and Accounting, Humayun Rashid Chaudhary
Nearly $10K raised overnight for sick child of Osgoode Hall Law School staffer, Law Times
New Osgoode tax blog to provide forum for national and international tax conversation, York Media Relations
New Zealander Peter Hogg quietly shaped Canadian law, The Globe and Mail
No One Is Disposable: Towards Feminist Models of Transformative Justice, Hannah Barrie
Oh Before You Go!, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Operative Subsidiarity and Municipal Authority: The Case of Toronto’s Ward Boundary Review, Alexandra Flynn
Opinion: The pandemic is increasing the gap between the haves and have nots, The Globe and Mail
Osgoode and Windsor law schools organize successful Pan-Canadian law school research-a-thon on municipalities and climate change, Office of External Relations & Communications, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Osgoode Class of 2019 steps up to fund summer internships for students, Yfile, York University
Osgoode environmental clinic to help federal government assess proposed mining in northern Ontario, Law Times
Osgoode Environmental Justice and Sustainability Clinic partners with OKT LLP for new summer fellowship, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, Environmental Justice and Sustainability Clinic
Osgoode is third overall in International Criminal Court (ICC) North America, Central America and Caribbean Qualifying Round, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Osgoode Law Games Team Sets New Precedent, Obiter Dicta
OsgoodePD offers online COVID-19 webinars free of charge, yFile, York University
Osgoode picks up Best Advocate Award (again) at Donald G. H. Bowman National Tax Moot, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Osgoode places second overall in IADR 19th Annual International Law School Mediation Tournament; Teams also have strong performances in other ADR competitions, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Osgoode places third in the Laskin 2020 Moot held Feb 27-29 in Quebec City, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Osgoode Professor Roxanne Mykitiuk and Faculty of Health Professor Iris Epstein awarded York Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) grant, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Osgoode sponsored the Toronto Lawyers Feed the Hungry Program on Jan. 22 at Osgoode Hall in downtown Toronto and helped serve meals., Office of External Relations & Communications, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Osgoode takes third place in Wilson Moot held Feb. 21-22 in Toronto, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Osgoode welcomes McMurtry Visiting Fellow Fathima Cader, yFile, York University
Ottawa steps into ‘Ring of Fire’ debate with Doug Ford, The Conversation
Ottawa yet to release virus projections, The Globe and Mail
Out of sight, out of mind': Abuse in migrant work system, despite how essential they are to food supply, AM640 - The Morning Show
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Bill C-83, Solitary Confinement, and Mental Health, Lydia Dobson
Oversight or interference? Jensen's pending departure sparks debate about government's relationship to OSC, Financial Post
Payment in Virtual Currency, Benjamin Geva
Pillars of Justice: Lawyers and the Liberal Tradition, by Owen Fiss, Saba Samanian
Possession and Title to Land in English Law, Kent McNeil
Post-Pandemic Opportunities to Finance a Sustainable Society, Canada Climate Law Initiative
Post-Secondary Education and COVID, The Radical Reverand
Presumptive Deference and the Role of Expertise on Questions of Law in Canadian Administrative Law, Cheryl Laura Bowman
Professor Emeritus Kent McNeil's latest book is a prize finalist and he has also received a Yale University appointment, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Professor Giuseppina (Pina) D’Agostino, Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, appointed to City of Vaughan’s Smart City Task Force as a stakeholder representative, Hon. Maurizio Bevilacqua, P.C. Mayor
Professor Jinyan Li among those receiving York University funding for new COVID-19 research projects, York Media Relations
Professor Kate Glover Berger to join Osgoode faculty July 1 - Osgoode Hall Law School, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Professor Paul Maharg receives York Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) award for his simulation in higher education project, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Professor Sean Rehaag receives the York Faculty of Graduate Studies 2019 Postdoctoral Supervisor of the Year Award., Office of External Relations & Communications, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Punishing Black Bodies in Canada: Making Blackness Visible in Criminal Sentencing, Danardo Sanjay Jones
Putting a Positive Spin on Things with Signa Daum Shanks, Ontario Bar Association
Putting Climate Change Risk on the Boardroom Table- A Conversation with Carol Hansell and Gigi Dawe, Canada Climate Law Initiative
Putting entire Canadian city under quarantine to contain virus inconceivable, unenforceable: expert, The National Post
Quarantine of any coronavirus infected cruise ship possible in Canadian waters, officials say, The Toronto Star
Reaching out: A look at initiatives – old and new – to increase diversity in Canadian law schools., CBA/ABC National
Re-Charting the Remedial Course for Section 11(b) Violations Post-Jordan, Andrew Pilla and Levi Vandersteen
Recognizing the Assemblage: Palestinian Bedouin of the Naqab in Dialectic with Israeli Law, Victor Nasser Rego
Reconciliation isn’t up to Indigenous folks, The Hill Times
Reconciliation isn’t up to Indigenous folks, Signa A. Daum Shanks
Reflecting on Clinical Legal Education at the Indigenous Community Legal Clinic, Patricia Barkaskas, Melanie Alcorn, Ryan Adair, Kate Gotziaman, Jennifer Mackie, Madeleine Northcote, and Victoria Wicks
Refugee judge asks woman why her husband wouldn’t ‘just kill’ her, Global News
Renowned legal scholar and lawyer Peter Hogg dead at 80, Canadian Lawyer
Resisting Obsolescence: A Comprehensive Study of Canada's Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner and the Office's Efforts to Innovate While Strategically Asserting Greater Independence, Ian Norris Kellner Stedman
Retired Osgoode Hall law professor pursues dream of becoming playwright, addresses gun violence, Global News
Revisiting the “Private Use Exception” to Canada’s Child Pornography Laws: Teenage Sexting, Sex-Positivity, Pleasure, and Control in the Digital Age, Lara Karaian and Dillon Brady
Re-Visiting the 'Resource Curse': Law and Mining Governance in Southern African Developmental States, Sara Ghebremusse
Search Engines and Global Takedown Orders: Google v Equustek and the Future of Free Speech Online, Robert Diab
Signa Daum Shanks to receive Women's Law Association of Ontario 2020 President's Award, Yfile
Solidarity key to post COVID-19 response, OpenGlobalRights
Synthesis Report: Implementing a Regional, Indigenous-Led and Sustainability-Informed Impact Assessment in Ontario’s Ring of Fire, Dayna N. Scott, Cole Atlin, Estair Van Wagner, Peter Siebenmorgan, and Robert B. Gibson
Tackling drug-resistant infections will take global effort, say York U health experts, yFile, York University
Taxation of Intangibles, Jinyan Li and Angelo Nikolakakis
Tax Weapons in the COVID-19 War: A Preliminary Study of Brazil, Canada, Denmark, UK and US, Jinyan Li, Nathan Jin Bao, Shanghua Hu, and Matias Zerbino
Test, Trace, and Isolate: Covid-19 and the Canadian Constitution, François Tanguay-Renaud, Lisa M. Austin, Vincent Chiao, Beth Coleman, David Lie, Martha Shaffer, and Andrea Slane
The Anti-Union Virus Inside the Emergency Powers: Lessons for Workers, The Bullet
The Anti-Union Virus Inside the Emergency Powers: Lessons for Workers, Eric M Tucker and Harry J. Glasbeek
The battle for the 'breathing lands': Ontario's Ring of Fire and the fate of its carbon-rich peatlands, The Narwhal
The Crown’s Title to Lands in England, Kent McNeil
The Earth Law Club at Osgoode officially launches its public education website and report on the Rights of Nature, Earth Law Club, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
The ECB and € E-Banknotes, Benjamin Geva, Corinne Zellweger-Gutknecht, and Seraina Neva Grünewald
The Jail Accountability & Information Line: Early Reflections on Praxis, Souheil Benslimane, Sarah Speight, Justin Piché, and Aaron Doyle
The life and death of an undocumented construction worker, Broadview
The Nexus Standard and its Implications for International Tax Competition and Soft Law, Huaning Li
The Nigerian Niger Delta and the Invisible Hand of TREMF: Exploring the (IM)Possibility of Socio-Economic Justice Under the Un 'Ruggie' Guiding Principles, Ikenna Emmanuel Aniekwe
The pandemic has exposed the precarious economic situation of many Canadian families, The Globe and Mail
The Right to Support: Severely Disabled Children & Their Mothers, Sheila Kathleen Jennings
Thinking Broadly: This Volume as a Guide for Abolitionists, Adam Lee
This is personal': Canadians should be outraged by the unfair treatment of migrant workers, AM640 - The Morning Show
Time to invest in justice, The Lawyer's Daily
Tough choices' to make as Manitoba considers when to reopen schools, experts say, CBC News
Toughest global health challenges will be tackled by Distinguished Research Chair at York University – YFile, yFile, York University
Trains bloqués : pourquoi la police met du temps à intervenir, Radio-Canada
Triage in the Pandemic: How to Choose Who to Save?, L-express
‘Troubling Incrementalism’: Is the Canadian Pension Plan Fund Doing Enough to Advance the Transition to a Low-carbon Economy?, Cynthia Williams
Trudeau says Canada will turn back asylum seekers entering from U.S. during outbreak, iPolitics
Two Osgoode teams each win Best Paper and Best Presentation awards at Copyright Policy Moot 2020 (virtual edition), Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Understanding Trans Racialized Youth Autonomy in Health Care Decision Making in Ontario, Gitanjali Natasha Lena
US boardrooms fail to reflect country's demographicsl, Wilwaukee Business Journal
Using Charter Damages to Provide Meaningful Redress and Promote State Accountability: A Re-examination of the Omar Khadr Case, Katharine June Fisher
Viewing the International Labour Organization’s Social Justice Praxis Through a Third World Approaches to International Law Lens: Some Preliminary Insights, Obiora Chinedu Okafor, Titilayo Adebola, and Basema Al-Alami
Wet'suwet'en: A Nation Dividedet'en: A Nation Divided, The Agenda with Steve Paikin
Wet'suwet'en sign historic deal to negotiate land rights, The Guardian
What Freud tells us about Chair Girl – and ourselves, The Conversation
What happens to workers' rights during COVID-19?, TVO
What's the Deal with Creepiness?, The Agenda with Steve Paikin
What you need to know about the Quarantine Act, Breakfast Television
Who gets left behind when we are forced to triage scarce health resources?, The Hill Times
Whose law is it anyway? Part 1: Wetʼsuwetʼen and Indigenous rights, TVO
Whose travel is 'essential' during coronavirus: Hockey players or asylum-seekers?, The Conversation
Why more Canadians are declaring bankruptcy, CTV Your Morning
Why the World Health Organization’s Response to COVID-19 Is Crucial to the Future of Public Health, Rolling Stone
Will students return to campus next year? Probably not, experts say, Global News
With Great Advantage Should Come Responsibility: How the Territorialist Approach in Private International Law Maybe Overcome to Ensure Justice is Done for those Left in the Wake of Canadian Business Abroad, Michele Dominique Lemieux Charles
Worldviews, Term Circles, Linked Data, F. Tim Knight
York alumna helps match Osgoode students with volunteer opportunities, Yfile
York professor to lead United Nations Research Roadmap for COVID-19 Recovery, Yfile