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ABELL, Jennie »

Associate professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section

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Office: 613-562-2543
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Criminal law and the impact of poverty, race and gender. Poverty and security. Legal aid and access to justice. Globalization, structural adjustment and women's rights.

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English and French

BACKHOUSE, Constance »

Constance BACKHOUSE

Full professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3307)
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The history of Canadian law relating to sex discrimination, racism and class bias. The criminal justice system. Canadian human rights law.

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BOND, Jennifer »

Professor
Assistant professor
Faculty of Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3314)
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E-mail

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I research and write on the intersections between international criminal law and refugee law. A particular focus is use of the exclusion provision, which denies refugee status to individuals who are accused of committing criminal acts in their countries of origin.

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CAIRNS WAY, Rosemary »

Vice-Dean, Common Law Section
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5793
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Criminal law. Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Educational materials for Canadian judges dealing with social context issues.

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CHARTRAND, Larry »

Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3713)
Cell: 819-665-0802
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I take an interdisciplinary approach to Indigenous peoples' issues including work involving Aboriginal rights and Treaty rights as understood from the perspective of Canadian law, International law and Indigenous legal traditions. Main areas of focus currently include Indigenous Identity and citizenship, Metis issues, Treaty interpretation and modern Treaties, Indigenous self-determination and sovereignty, critical Indigenous theory, decolonization Indigenous justice reform, and Indigenous legal traditions. Other areas of interest include Tort law, Constitutional law and International humanitarian law, including Rwandan gacaca courts and transitional law issues.

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CREW, Blair »

Review Counsel, University of Ottawa Community Legal Clinic
Part-time professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5600
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E-mail, Office Telephone

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Criminal Law, Law of Sexual Assault, Legal Aid

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FOURNIER, Pascale »

Chaire de recherche sur le pluralisme juridique et le droit comparé
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Civil Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 p.3083
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Human rights; Islam and Judaism in Europe and North America; Children's human rights; Criminal law and cultural diversity; Comparative law of the family.

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GILBERT, Daphne »

Assistant professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3306)
Home: 613-526-0012
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E-mail

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Criminal and constitutional law. Equality rights and freedom of expression (obscenity, pornography and child pornography laws). Comparative constitutional law and the export of Canadian jurisprudential principles to other countries. Criminal law with a focus on laws around sex crimes (polygamy, prostitution, sexual assault, incest, child abuse). Privacy, anonymity, identity in law. Feminism, gender and social justice. American/United States equality and freedom of expression laws.

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MACDONNELL, Vanessa »

Assistant professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section

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Office: 613-562-5800 (7917)
Cell: 613-447-2356
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I teach and research in the areas of Canadian constitutional law, criminal law and evidence, as well as in comparative constitutional law. Among other things, I can comment on proposed amendments to the Criminal Code of Canada, the constitutionality of government legislation, and legal issues arising in the context of criminal trials and appeals.

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MATHEN, Carissima »

Professor
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3282)
Cell: 613-668-2020
Home: 613-421-9870
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Constitutional and criminal law, issues relating to government, the courts, the Charter of Rights and civil liberties, crime and the criminal justice system, and women's issues.

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English and French , English is better than French.

MAYEDA, Graham »

Professor
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2915)
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My main fields of research involve international law as it affects developing countries (including international trade and investment law), criminal law, and legal theory (theories about what judges do). I have also written about philosophy and ethics.

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MELCHERS, Ronald F. »

Ronald F. Melchers

Professor
Associate professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Criminology

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Office: 613-562-5800 (1801)
Home: 613-722-3980
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I'm currently examining the role and treatment of information in public policy and operations in criminal justice: statistics, databases, registries, administrative operational data, research results etc. This information arises and is used as evidence in investigations and decisions of a wide range of police, judicial and correctional institutions. I am particularly interested in the validity and reliability of information and of procedures for its use, as well as implications for rights to privacy.

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English and French , néerlandais / Dutch

RATUSHNY, Ed »

Ed Ratushny

professor
Full professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5822 (3282)
Home: 613-226-8130
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administration of justice including judiciary, constitutional law, administrative boards and tribunals, professional and amateur sports

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SHEEHY, Elizabeth »

Full professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 562-5800 (3317)
Office: 562-5800 (5823)
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Office Telephone

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