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SUMMARY:Workshop: Human Rights at the UK Supreme Court
DESCRIPTION:David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights\nand the International Human Rights Program\nPresent \nMichael Fordham\, QC\nHuman Rights at the UK Supreme Court\n  \nA light lunch will be served. \nMichael Fordham QC is a leading public law and human rights barrister in London (www.blackstonechambers.com). His awards have included Human Rights Lawyer of the Year 2005\, the Bar Pro Bono Award 2006\, and Human Rights and Public Law QC of the Year 2008. Mike has appeared in more than 30 cases in the UK’s Supreme Court (formerly known as the House of Lords)\, including many interventions for non-governmental organizations\, beginning with Amnesty International in the Pinochet cases (Pinochet [2000] 1 AC 61; and Pinochet (No.3) [2000] 1 AC 147). Mike led the interventions for JUSTICE in the anti-terrorism control orders cases (MB v SSHD [2007] UKHL 46; JJ v SSHD [2007] UKHL 45; AF v SSHD [2009] UKHL 28) and in the asset-freezing case (A v HM Treasury\, pending: the first appeal argued in the new Supreme Court). Mike has also led the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)’s interventions in Fornah v SSHD [2006] UKHL 46 (gender-based persecution) and R v Asfaw [2008] UKHL 31 (refugee penalisation); the intervention by Liberty in YL v Birmingham CC [2007] UKHL 27 (human rights in private care homes); as well as pending interventions for UNHCR (asylum and sexual-orientation) and Bail for Immigration Detainees (immigration detention due process). Mike is author of the Judicial Review Handbook (5th ed.\, 2008)\, co-editor of the quarterly journal Judicial Review (since 1996) and College Lecturer in Administrative Law at Hertford College\, Oxford. \nMichael Fordham will be talking about recent trends in human rights cases before the UK Supreme Court. \nPlease RSVP to Nadia Gulezko at n.gulezko@utoronto.ca \nEvent date: Thursday\, November 05\, 2009\, from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM\nLocation: Solarium\, Falconer Hall\, Faculty of Law
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/workshop-human-rights-at-the-uk-supreme-court/
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SUMMARY:Workshop on Exclusion of Evidence Cases
DESCRIPTION:Grant\, Harrison\, Shepherd & Suberu:\nThe Supreme Court Decisions of the Summer of 2009\nWatch the Webcast \nOn July 17\, 2009\, the Supreme Court of Canada handed down its long awaited decisions in R. v. Grant\, R. v. Harrison\, R. v. Shepherd and R. v. Suberu clarifying the law in respect of the exclusion of evidence under s.24(2) of the Charter. Their decisions have been described as an appropriate balancing between liberty interests and the administration of justice\, a clear message to police of the constitutional limits placed on their powers\, and an imaginative redrafting of the Stillman test\, but with an impact that might be hard to predict. Join our distinguished panel who will summarize\, debate and discuss the ramifications of the decisions from many perspectives. \nProfessor Hamish Stewart is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Toronto\, where he has taught criminal law\, evidence\, and several other subjects since 1993. Before attending law school\, he studied economics\, receiving his B.A. from the University of Toronto in 1983 and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1989\, and he taught for a year in the economics department at Williams College in Massachusetts. He received his LL.B. degree from the University of Toronto in 1992\, clerked at the Ontario Court of Appeal in 1992-93\, and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1998. From 1998 to 2007\, he was an Associate Editor of the Canadian Criminal Cases and the Dominion Law Reports. Professor Stewart is the principal author of Sexual Offences in Canadian Law (Canada Law Book\, 2004)\, the General Editor of Evidence: A Canadian Casebook\, 2d ed. (Emond Montgomery\, 2006)\, and the author of more than 40 scholarly papers in criminal law\, evidence\, legal theory\, and economics. \nProfessor Martha Shaffer joined the Faculty of Law in 1990\, and is now an associate professor. She holds law degrees from Harvard and Toronto\, as well as an undergraduate degree from Harvard. She served as Law Clerk to the Supreme Court of Canada for Chief Justice Brian Dickson\, before becoming the Boulton Junior Fellow at the Faculty of Law\, McGill University. Professor Shaffer’s principal research and teaching interests concentrate on criminal law\, family law and equality issues. \nJonathan Dawe was counsel for the Appellant in R. v. Grant and the Civil Liberties Association in R. v. Harrison. B.Sc.(Hons.)\, McGill University (1987); LL.B.\, University of Toronto (1994); LL.M.\, Yale Law School (1996). Called to the Ontario Bar\, 1997\, Partner with Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP (Toronto). Clerked for the Rt. Hon. Antonio Lamer\, C.J.C. (1994-95). Associate Commission Counsel to the Driskell Inquiry (Manitoba; 2006-07). Practices in the area of criminal and constitutional law\, with a special emphasis on criminal appeals. Teaches Criminal Procedure (1999-2004; 2010-) and Advanced Criminal Procedure and Charter Issues (2009-) at the Faculty of Law\, University of Toronto. \nRick Visca was counsel for the Respondent in R. v. Harrison. He graduated from University of Toronto with a degree in Political Science . Studied law at the University of Victoria\, and received LLB in 1992. Articles at Holden Day Wilson. Began as a prosecutor with the Department of Justice in 1994. Prosecuted drug\, tax\, misleading advertising\, and other miscellaneous federal legislation offences. Maintains a trial and appellate practice with the now Public Prosecution Service of Canada. \nEvent date: Wednesday\, September 30\, 2009\, from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM\nLocation: Bennett Lecture Hall\, Flavelle House\, Faculty of Law\, University of Toronto
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/workshop-on-exclusion-of-evidence-cases/
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SUMMARY:Student Working Groups Information Session
DESCRIPTION:U. of T. law students are invited to attend an information session on the various working groups of the Asper Centre. Volunteers are needed to participate in the following groups over the course of the school year:\n• Emerging Constitutional Issues\n• The Charter and Canadian Citizens Abroad\n• The Internet Surveillance Working Group\n• Legal Aid Boycott \n(Pizza lunch will be provided.) \nEvent date: Tuesday\, September 22\, 2009\, from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM\nLocation: Bennett Lecture Hall
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/student-working-groups-information-session/
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SUMMARY:Clinical Course Deadline
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, June 15\, 2009\, at 4:00 PM \nDeadline for upper year students to submit their application for the fall 2009 term of the Asper Centre Clinical Legal Education Course.
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/clinical-course-deadline/
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SUMMARY:Parliamentary Democracy Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY IN CRISIS: The Dilemmas\, Choices and Future of Parliamentary Government in Canada\nEdited by Lorne Sossin and Peter Russell\, published by University of Toronto Press \nFaculty of Law\, Flavelle House\, Rowell Room \nOur distinguished panelists discussed the future of Canada’s democracy: lessons learned and where to we go from here. This is the third in our series on the topic and celebrated the book that came out of our December 5th event on the Governor General’s decision to prorogue Parliament. The discussion was followed by a wine and cheese reception to celebrate the publication and the accomplishments of the Asper Centre in its first year. Our panelists included: \nPeter Hogg is the Scholar in Residence of the law firm Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes). He is professor emeritus at the Osgoode Hall Law School of York University. Peter is the leading constitutional law scholar in Canada. He is the author of the only comprehensive treatise\, namely\, Constitutional Law of Canada. \nMichael Valpy is an award-winning Canadian journalist and author. He writes for the Globe and Mail newspaper where he made his reputation on both political and human interest stories. Through a long career at the Globe\, he has been a reporter\, Ottawa-based national political columnist\, member of the editorial board\, deputy managing editor\, Africa-based correspondent during the last years of apartheid\, and religious affairs columnist. \nDavid Cameron is a Professor of Political Science at U of T\, and is renowned for his significant career in public service at both federal and provincial levels of government. Professor Cameron’s interests include Canadian government and politics\, questions of federalism and Quebec nationalism\, ethnocultural relations\, and the politics and constitution-making of emerging federal countries such as Sri Lanka and Iraq. \nBarbara Cameron is an Associate Professor of Political Science at York University where she teaches courses on public policy and Canadian government at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Her current research focuses on the challenges of democratic accountability in the context of Canada’s system of federalism and the growing power of the executive branch of government. In addition to her academic publications\, she works with non-governmental organizations on public policy issues\, including the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada. \nSujit Choudhry (moderator) holds the Scholl Chair and is Associate Dean (First Year Program) at the U of T. He is cross-appointed to the Department of Political Science\, the School of Public Policy and Governance\, and the Department of Health Management\, Policy and Evaluation. He is a Senior Fellow of Massey College\, and a Member of the University of Toronto Centre for Ethics and Joint Centre for Bioethics. \nWith an introduction and concluding remarks from the editors: \nLorne Sossin is a Professor at the U of T’s Faculty of Law. His teaching interests span administrative law\, public administration\, professional regulation\, civil litigation\, ethics and professionalism\, and legal process. He was the recipient of the Mewett Teaching Award in 2003 and 2004. \nPeter Russell is a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Toronto. He has published widely in academic journals and intervened in many instances of constitutional crisis and development. He is the author of several books on the constitution\, democracy and the judiciary\, including Two Cheers for Minority Government: The Evolution of Canadian Parliamentary Democracy. \n  \n(2009)
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/parliamentary-democracy-book-launch/
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SUMMARY:Leading legal scholars weigh in on current constitutional quandary
DESCRIPTION:A special panel discussion with leading constitutional scholars to discuss the Governor General’s decision to prorogue Parliament. \nRead presentations on the Faculty Blog.
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/leading-legal-scholars-weigh-in-on-current-constitutional-quandary/
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SUMMARY:Litigating the Charter: Strategies for a Successful Charter Claim in the 21st Century
DESCRIPTION:The inaugural event of the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights was a colloquium where leading constitutional scholars and litigators discussed current challenges and possibilities in constitutional theory and practice. \n 
URL:https://aspercentre.ca/event/litigating-the-charter-strategies-for-a-successful-charter-claim-in-the-21st-century/
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