Content Posted in 2021
2021 Oxford International Intellectual Property Law Moot, IP Osgoode
20 years later, Walkerton Inquiry members discuss impact of recommendations with WCWC staff, Colin Burrowes and Gus Van Harten
4 Questions For: Prof. Eric Tucker on employer & employee workplace obligations during the pandemic, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
4 top universities submit CBDC designs to the Bank of Canada, Cointelegraph
Aboriginal Rights and Indigenous Governance: Identifying the Holders of Rights and Authority, Kent McNeil
Acknowledgements, Karen Drake
A History of Law in Canada, Volume One: Beginnings to 1866 by Philip Girard, Jim Phillips & R. Blake Brown, Shelley A. M. Gavigan
Amadeusz: Inequities in the Enactment and Implementation of Records Suspensions, Ardavan Eizadirad and Tina-Nadia Gopal Chambers
An Abortion Law Preformed, Joanna N. Erdman
Analytic Jurisprudence in Time, Dan Priel
“An Hundred Stories in Ten Days”: COVID-19 Lessons for Culture, Learning, and Copyright Law, Carys J. Craig and Bob Tarantino
An Unwelcome Burden: Sexual Harassment, Consent and Legal Complaints, Bethany Hastie
A Pipeline Story: The Evolving Autonomy of Canadian Municipalities, Benoît Frate and David Robitaille
A Plumber with Words: Seeking Constitutional Responsibility and an End to the Little Sisters Problem, Alison M. Latimer and Benjamin L. Berger
A Sense of Proportion and a Sense of Priorities: Reflections on the Report of the Task Force on Canadian Unity, J. Stefan Dupré and Paul C. Weiler
Asking ‘Isaac Pewton’ to innovate out of a crisis, Giuseppina D'Agostino
A Theory of Vicarious Liability for Autonomous-Machine-Caused Harm, Pinchas Huberman
Bank chooses digital currency proposals submitted by Osgoode professor, other academic researchers, Canadian Lawyer
Bank of Canada plans to create digital currency, Radio-Canada International
Bank of Canada reveals three digital currency proposals, The Paypers
Bank of Canada unveils 3 digital currency proposals from universities, Ledger Insights
Benjamin Berger, Osgoode professor, elected to board of Justice Studies Centre of the Americas, Law Times
Biden has hit the ground running on climate and environmental justice. How will Canada respond?, The Narwhal
Bill 5: How the Better Local Government Act Silenced the Voices of Diverse Progressive Women Candidates in Toronto’s 2018 Municipal Election, Prabha Khosla and Melissa Wong
Black Voices Matter Too: Counter-Narrating Smithers v The Queen, Amar Khoday
Book Review: Is Law Computable?: Critical Perspectives on Law and Artificial Intelligence, F. Tim Knight
Brain aneurysm survivor inspires others to Give a Shift, UHN Foundation
Breaking down the carbon tax decision, Allan C. Hutchinson
Canada Climate Law Initiative Applauds Trudeau-Biden Collaboration to Iimprove Reporting and Disclosure of Climate Risks, Business View Magazine
Canada’s Big Chances to Address Environmental Racism, Fiona Koza, Naolo Charles, Jennifer Beeman, Ingrid Waldron, Dayna Scott, and Kristian Ferreira
Canada votes to collect data to document 'environmental racism', Reuters
Celebrating Excellence in Legal Writing, Ontario Newsroom
China’s Rising (and America’s Declining) Influence in Global Tax Governance?, Jinyan Li
Citizenship Deprivation as an Act of Persecution: Case Study of the Assam Citizen Exercise As A Precursor to A Nation-Wide Determination of Citizenship, Ishita Chakrabarty
Conflict of Laws, Janet Walker
Constitutional and health law experts weigh in on Federal Court's hotel isolation decision |, Law Times
Consumer Bankruptcy in the Wake of COVID-19: The Calm Before the Storm, Stephanie Ben-Ishai
Continuum: Volume 45 (Winter 2021), Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Copyright limits and learning: lessons from the covid-19 quarantine, Carys Craig
Corporate Friction: How Corporate Law Impedes American Progress and What To Do About It by David Yosifon, Cameron Teschuk
COVID-19 and First Nations’ Responses, Aimée Craft, Deborah McGregor, and Jeffery G. Hewitt
COVID-19: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Politics, Dan Priel
COVID-19’s impact on migrant workers adds urgency to calls for permanent status, Fay Faraday
COVID-19, the Shadow Pandemic, and Access to Justice for Survivors of Domestic Violence, Jennifer Koshan, Janet Mosher, and Wanda Wiegers
Cromwell report: immigration issues were deciding factor, not external pressure from judge, Law Times
Death due to COVID-19 parties could lead to manslaughter charges: experts, CP24
Debating Diya: Indirect Rule and the Transformation of Islamic Law in British Colonial Northern Nigeria, Rabiat Akande
Deference to Legislatures: The Case of the 2018 Ontario Better Local Government Act, Nathalie Des Rosiers
Despite a crackdown, workplace-related COVID deaths have accelerated in 2021, The Toronto Star
Despite setback, plaintiffs in climate constitutional challenge plan to move forward, The Lawyer's Daily
Development and Peace say proper authority to investigate rights violations abroad lacking, Catholic Register
Digital Euro and ECB Powers, Seraina Neva Grünewald, Corinne Zellweger-Gutknecht, and Benjamin Geva
Drug-Impaired Driving in Canada by Nathan Baker, Keneca Pingue-Giles
Ed Waitzer looks to new phase in his career, Canadian Lawyer
Embodying Punishment: Emotions, Identities, and Lived Experiences in Women’s Prisons, by Anastasia Chamberlen, Joshua Shaw
Equity: Conscience Goes to Market by Irit Samet, Luke Devine
Error of Law: An Exception to the Discoverability Principle?, Samuel Beswick
‘Everyone is at risk’: Migrants and undocumented workers need the COVID-19 vaccine too, Global News
Ex-dean of Osgoode Hall appointed to Court of Appeal for Ontario, The Lawyer's Daily
Fifteen third-year students recognized for exceptional leadership and involvement in the Osgoode community, Osgoode Media Relations
Five Osgoode staff receive awards for outstanding service or leadership: Craig Butosi, Meghan Carrington, Meghan Thomas, Aneta Gasiorowska and Paul Wye, Osgoode Media Relations
Four mooters are recognized for their strong oral advocacy and mooting skills, Osgoode Media Relations
From a constitutional perspective, many pandemic responses are on shaky ground, Allan C. Hutchinson
Frontline Justice: The Evolution and Reform of Summary Trials in the Canadian Armed Forces by Pascal Lévesque, David Galvin Heppenstall
Games of Jurisdiction: How Local Governance Realities Challenge the “Creatures of the Province” Doctrine, Mariana Valverde
How Civil Procedure Fails (And Why Administrative Justice is Better), Allan C. Hutchinson
How COVID-19 affected global legal practice, The Nation News Nigeria
Hunting Down a Lasting Relationship with Canada—Will UNDRIP Help?, Sara Mainville
If Canada is serious about reconciliation, we need an Indigenous Supreme Court judge, Kent McNeil
Images of Reach, Range, and Recognition: Thinking about emotions in the study of international law, Emily Kidd White
Implementation of Arbitration Decisions in Domestic Law, J. Scott Wilkie
Improving Access to Justice: Do Contingency Fees Really Work?, Allan C. Hutchinson
Indigenous Bar Association calls for permanent spot on Supreme Court of Canada, The Globe and Mail
Indigenous Feminist Legal Pedagogies, Emily Snyder
Indigenous Law and the Common Law, Kent McNeil
Informe de la Comisión de Verdad, Honduras: La voz más autorizada es la de las víctimas, Elsie Monge Yoder, Luis Carlos Nieto García, Mirna Antonieta Perla Jiménez, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Nora Cortiñas, Craig M. Scott, François Houtart, Francisco José Aguilar, Helen Umaña, and Fausto Milla
Integrating Sustainable Development in International Investment Law, by Manjiao Chi, Haniehalsadat Aboutorabifard
Introduction – 2019 Constitutional Cases at the Supreme Court: Up Close and in Person, Sonia Lawrence
Introduction: International Negotiable Instruments, Benjamin Geva and Sagi Peari
Introduction to the Edward Elgar Research Handbook on Law and Emotion, Susan A. Bandes, Jody Lynee Madeira, Kathryn D. Temple, and Emily Kidd White
JD student Megan Phyper awarded prize for third-best oralist at Wilson Moot, Osgoode Media Relations
JD students William Lewer and Joshua White pick up awards at 2021 Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA) Cup, Osgoode Media Relations
Labour board decision underlines need for systemic change to support migrant workers, says lawyer, The Lawyer's Daily
Land Use Priorities and the Law of Nuisance, Dan Priel
Law and Intangible Cultural Heritage in the City by Sara Gwendolyn Ross, Halyna Chumak
Law and Living: Connecting the Dots: The Life of an Academic Lawyer by Harry W. Arthurs, David Sandomierski
Law and Technology in Legal Education: A Systemic Approach at Ryerson, Sari Graben
Law in the Time of COVID, Richard Haigh and Dan Priel
L’émergence d’une monarchie française indépendante, 1100-1314 : le rejet de la suprématie papale, Kent McNeil
Lolita Buckner Inniss to become dean of Colorado Law, CU Boulder Today
Long-delayed CORE office to take complaints in early 2021, CIM Magazine
Meet York's Top 30 Changemakers Under 30, York Alumni
Mining push continues despite water crisis in Neskantaga First Nation and Ontario’s Ring of Fire, Dayna Scott and Deborah Cowen
Montreal activists denounce recent protests against Mi’kmaq fishermen in Nova Scotia, Global News
N.B. Law Society says higher cap on lawyer contingency fees could improve access to legal help, CBC News
Negotiating Trauma & Teaching Law, Mallika Kaur
Negotiations between Unifor and companies in the sharing economy, Radio-Canada
Neurointerventions, Crime, and Punishment: Ethical Considerations by Jesper Ryberg, Fiona Sarazin
Neutralizing Secularism: “Religious Antiliberalism” and the Twentieth Century Global Ecumenical Project, Rabiat Akande
Never Letting a Good Crisis Go to Waste: Canadian Interdiction of Asylum Seekers, Sean Rehaag, Janet Song, and Alexander Toope
New judicial expense disclosures strike ‘right balance,’ say legal advocates, The Hill Times
Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World, by Samuel Moyn, Mariam Jannat Sheikh
Of Judges and Scholars: Reflections in a Centennial Year, Paul C. Weiler
OHRC’s 60th anniversary | 60e anniversaire de la CODP, Ontario Human Rights Commission
On Emotions and the Politics of Attention in Judicial Reasoning, Emily Kidd White
Ontario Civil Justice Reform in the Wake of COVID-19: Inspired or Institutionalized?, Suzanne E. Chiodo
Ontario lawyers’ groups monitoring judge selection process as new law looms, leaders say, The Lawyer's Daily
Ontario's Government Found 15,000 COVID-19 Workplace Violations. They Stopped Work Only 24 Times., Press Progress
Origin and Differentiation in International Income Allocation, Ivan Ozai
Osgoode Digital Schoarship: Osgoode Digital Commons and SSRN Research Paper Series, Statistics 2021, F. Tim Knight
Osgoode Hall announces COVID-19 student relief plan, The Lawyer's Daily
Osgoode Hall Law School Class of 2020
Osgoode Hall Law School Professor Poonam Puri to receive the Law Society Medal, yFile
Osgoode innovation clinic launches ChatBot offering IP information and assistance, Law Times
Osgoode LLM candidate Veronica Guido receives $5K CELF scholarship to study Anishinaabe law, Osgoode Media Relations
Osgoode professor asks feds to disclose alleged aid to Goldcorp in human rights dispute, Canadian Lawyer
Osgoode’s Chief Law Librarian Yemisi Dina elected to the Executive Board of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries, Osgoode Media Relations
Osgoode teams place first and second in Hockey Arbitration Competition of Canada, Osgoode Media Relations
Osgoode teams take first and second at Canadian National Negotiation Competition., Osgoode Media Relations
Osgoode wins in Client-Advocate category at IADR International Law School Mediation Tournament; also first for Individual Mediator and first for Individual Client-Advocate pair, Osgoode Media Relations
Osler Diversity Scholarship Program: 2020 Winners, Osler.com
Ottawa steps into ‘Ring of Fire’ debate with Doug Ford, Dayna Scott
Our Students Make Us Proud - Osgoode Judged the Winner of the 2021 Donald G. H. Bowman National Tax Moot, Tax at Osgoode Hall Law School
Pandemic Evictions: An Analysis of the 2020 Eviction Decisions of Saskatchewan’s Office of Residential Tenancies, Sarah Buhler
Pension fund trustees obligated to consider climate change risk: lawyer, Law Times
Pluralism and Convergence: Judicial Standardization in Canadian Corporate Law, Camden Hutchison
PM launches process to select the next Supreme Court justice, Canadian Lawyer
Port of Montreal: Why it matters and what a full strike could mean, FreightWaves
Positive Charter Rights: When Can We Open the “Door?”, Michael Da Silva
Potential Aboriginal Rights-holders: Canada and Cultural Communities versus Indigenous Peoples and Socio-political Bodies, Gordon Christie
Practising law for rich and poor people: towards a more progressive approach, Allan C. Hutchinson
Practising Law For Rich And Poor People: Towards A More Progressive Approach, Allan C. Hutchinson
Prime Minister launches process to select the next justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, Office of the Prime Minister of Canada
Professor Wade Wright new author of 'go-to' law treatise, Western Law News
Prometheus, Sisyphus, Themis: Three futures for legal education research, Paul Maharg
Proposed changes to workplace safety rules, compensation a 'step back': Labour experts, Edmonton Journal
Protected Concerted Activity and Non-Unionized Employee Strikes: Worker Rights in Canada in the Time of COVID-19, Sara J. Slinn
Protection of Victim-Witnesses of Human Rights Violations in Criminal Prosecutions in Nigeria, Suzzie Onyeka Oyakhire
Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto by Kevin M. Gannon, Fenner L. Stewart
Reform Proposal: Uniform Source Withholding Tax and Global Profit Split, Jinyan Li
Replaying the Past: Roles for Emotion in Judicial Invocations of Legislative History, and Precedent, Emily Kidd White
Repurposing Pillar One into an Incremental Global Tax for Sustainability: A Collective Response to a Global Crisis, Jinyan Li and Sophie Chatel
Repurposing Pillar One into An Incremental Global Tax for Sustainability: Some Blue Sky Thinking in the Midst of Global Crisis, Jinyan Li and Sophie Chatel
Research Dissemination @ Osgoode Hall Law School: An Update, Yemisi Dina
Researchers develop central bank digital currency proposal for Bank of Canada, yFile
Resetting Normal: Women, Decent Work and Canada's Fractured Care Economy, The Canadian Women's Foundation, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Ontario Nonprofit Network, and Fay Faraday
Rethinking the Doctrine of Aboriginal Rights: The Métis Cases, Paul Chartrand
R v Sparrow, Kent McNeil
Sanctity of Contracts in a Secular Age: Equity, Fairness and Enrichment by Stephen Waddams, A. Christian Airhart
Saskatchewan 2024: Making Change Happen - New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan Election Review Panel Report, Gerry Scott, Judy Bradley, Modeste McKenzie, Craig M. Scott, and Brian Topp
Searching for “Superchief” and Other Fictional Indians: A Narrative and Case Comment on R v Bernard, Naiomi Metallic
Section 24(2) in the Trial Courts: An Empirical Analysis of the Legal and Non-legal Determinants of Excluding Unconstitutionally Obtained Evidence in Canada, Steven Penney and Moin Yahya
Session 1 - A Tribute to Peter Hogg & Opening Session | 24th Annual Constitutional Cases Conference, Jamie Cameron, Wade K. Wright, and Bruce Ryder
Session 2 - Questions of Jurisdiction | 24th Annual Constitutional Cases Conference, Sophie Thériault, Eric M. Adams, and Hoi L. Kong
Session 4 - Interpreting the Charter of Rights and Freedoms | 24th Annual Constitutional Cases Conference, Carissima Mathen, Valérie Kelly, Courtney Harris, Hugo Cyr, Ravi Amarnath, and Sonia Lawrence
Session 5 - Living Constitutional Justice: A Panel in Memory of Joseph J. Arvay, OC, QC | 24th Annual Constitutional Cases Conference, Frank Addario, Kent Roach, Alison Latimer, Lynn Smith, and Benjamin Berger
Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs edited by Mariana Valverde and Alexandra Flynn, Matt Malone
Strange Trips: Science, Culture, and the Regulation of Drugs by Lucas Richert, Irmak Aydemir
Substantive Equality and Jordan’s Principle: Challenges and Complexities, Vandna Sinha, Colleen Sheppard, Kathryn Chadwick, Maya Gunnarsson, and Gabriella Jamieson
Supreme Court Clarifies Risk of Loss Due to Fraudulent EFTs, Christopher Richter, Benjamin Geva, Matthew Angelus, and Eli Monas
Supreme Court ruling grants constitutional rights for Indigenous peoples outside Canada with ties to the land, The Globe and Mail
Supreme Court’s Rosalie Abella prepares to retire as her legacy of defining equality seems built to last, St. Catharines Standard
Teaching Civil Obligations (or What I Learned about Law, Legal Thinking and Teaching), Allan C. Hutchinson
Technology Transfer: Fighting Climate Change and Pursuing Equity Through the Transfer of Energy Efficient and Renewable Energy Technologies, Craig M. Scott
The Better Local Government Act versus Municipal Democracy, Simon Archer and Erin Sobat
The Constitution of the Environmental Emergency, by Jocelyn Stacey, Graham Reeder
The Costs of Justice in Domestic Violence Cases : Mapping Canadian Law and Policy, Jennifer Koshan, Janet Mosher, and Wanda Wiegers
The Court System in a Time of Crisis: COVID-19 and Issues in Court Administration, Richard Haigh and Bruce Preston
The E-Banknote as a 'Banknote' : A Monetary Law Interpreted, Benjamin Geva, Seraina Neva Grünewald, and Corinne Zellweger-Gutknecht
The e-Banknote as a ‘Banknote’: A Monetary Law Interpreted, Benjamin Geva, Seraina Neva Grünewald, and Corinne Zellweger-Gutknecht
The English Awakening of Santi Romano’s Ordinamento Giuridico: a Review of The Legal Order, Ata Kassaian
The Factual Basis for Indigenous Land Rights, Kent McNeil
The Grounds of Human Rights, Brian Slattery
The History and Promise of Shared Space in a Section 35 World, Signa A. Daum Shanks
The Human Rights-Based Approach to Carbon Finance by Damilola S. Olawuyi, Christie McLeod
The Justice Crisis: The Cost and Value of Accessing Law, Trevor C. W. Farrow and Lesley Jacobs
The Law of Evidence, 8/e, David Paciocco, Palma Paciocco, and Lee Stuesser
The Law of Restitution, John D. McCamus
The Legal Challenges of Creating a Global Tax Regime with the OECD Pillar One Blueprint, Jinyan Li
The “Majestic Equality” of the Law: Conservatism, Radicalism, and Reform of the Civil Courts in Upper Canada, 1841-1853, William N. T. Wylie
The Missing Constitutionalism of Canada v Vavilov, Kate Glover Berger
The Multimodal Electronic Transferable Transport Record (ETTR) : A Survey of Laws and Basic Concepts, Benjamin Geva
The pandemic and capitalism’s essential workers, Harry Glasbeek
The Perplexities of Patent Prosecution History: Procedure over Principle?, David Vaver
The Puzzle of Soft Law, Lorne Sossin and Chantelle van Wiltenburg
The Relevance of Government Practice in Constitutional Decision-Making: A Review of the Supreme Court’s Federalism Jurisprudence, Sarah Burningham
The Remedial Authority of the Labour Arbitrator: Revised Judicial Version, Paul C. Weiler
The Report of the Osgoode Hall Study on Compensation for Victims of Automobile Accidents, Allen M. Linden
The Resilience of Métis Title: Rejecting Assumptions of Extinguishment, Karen Drake and Adam James Patrick Gaudry
The Right of Publicity: Privacy Reimagined for a Public World, by Jennifer E. Rothman, Alexis Eun Young Choi
The Right to Seek Asylum in Canada (During a Global Pandemic), Elise Mercier and Sean Rehaag
The Supreme Court of Canada and the Doctrines of Mens Rea, Paul C. Weiler
The Tragically Hip is suing Mill Street Brewery over ‘100th Meridian’ beer, The Toronto Star
The Waxing & Waning of Informed Consent: Medical Assistance in Dying and the Question of Advance Requests, Thomas B. McMorrow
The Wetiko Legal Principles: Cree and Anishinabek Responses to Violence and Victimization by Hadley Louise Friedland, Natasha Novac
The Wonderful World of Patents: "They Do Things Differently There", David Vaver
Toronto’s 2018 Municipal Election, Rights of Democratic Participation, and Section 2(b) of the Charter, Jamie Cameron and Bailey Fox
Toronto van attack trial, verdict gave glimpse into new reality of virtual court cases, Global News
Toward City Charters in Canada, John Sewell
Towards an Account of Linguistic Equality, Érik Labelle Eastaugh
Transformative Constitutions and Constitutionalism : A New Theory and School of Jurisprudence from the Global South?, Willy Mutunga
Transport Canada travel restrictions will hurt immigration to Canada, says lawyer, Canadian Lawyer
Trial Delay Caused by Discrete Systemwide Events: The Post-Jordan Era Meets the Age of COVID-19, Palma Paciocco
Trial judge’s ‘stereotypical inferences’ spur new trial in sex assault case, The Lawyer's Daily
Truth Be Told: Redefining Relationships through Indigenous Research, Deborah McGregor
Truth, Reconciliation, and the Cost of Adversarial Justice, Trevor C. W. Farrow
Two Stories About Shareholders, Bryce C. Tingle
UCalgary computer science and business professors advise Bank of Canada on central bank digital currency design, OTCPM24 Business Updates
Understanding the Ongoing Dialogues on Indigenous Issues in Canadian Legal Education Through the Lens of Institutional Cultures (Case Studies at UQAM, UAlberta, and UMoncton), Adrien Habermacher
“Unjust enrichment (dis)contented” redux : Fridman on unjust enrichment, John D. McCamus
U of T researchers help lay groundwork for Bank of Canada-backed “digital loonie”, U of T News
User Rights in Canadian Copyright Law, David Vaver
Using Linked Data to Mitigate Colonial Subject Bias, F. Tim Knight
Voter Privacy and Big-Data Elections, Elizabeth F. Judge and Michael Pal
Welcome Home: Aboriginal Rights Law after Desautel, Kent McNeil and Kerry Wilkins
What is Distinctive about the Law of Equity?, Jennifer Nadler
What We Owe Workers as a Matter of Common Humanity: Sickness and Caregiving Leaves and Pay in the Age of Pandemics, Eric Tucker, Leah F. Vosko, and Sarah Marsden
Who are the Métis? The Role of Free, Prior and Informed Consent in Identifying a Métis Rights-Holder, Karen Drake
Who Owns the City? Pension Fund Capitalism and the Parkdale Rent Strike, Jamie Shilton
With Great(er) Power Comes Great(er) Responsibility: Indigenous Rights and Municipal Autonomy, Alexandra Flynn
Workplace safety in Canada: Where it all started, Canadian Occupational Safety
York and University of Toronto researchers work on plan for cryptocurrency to go mainstream, Excalibur
Your Morning: Bank of Canada speeding up development of 'digital loonie', CTV News