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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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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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BAKHT, Natasha »

Natasha Bakht

Assistant Professor
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2916)
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My research interests are in the area of religious freedom as it intersects with women’s equality.   Specific topics include religious arbitration in Canada, the rights of niqab-wearing Muslim women, religious marriage and divorce.  

Other areas of expertise: religious freedom and equality rights

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BEHIELS, Michael D. »

Michael D. Behiels

Full professor
Faculty of Arts
History

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Office: 613-562-5800 (1305)
Home: 613-837-9483
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I am a political, constitutional, intellectual historian who deals with Canadian political and constitutional matters since 1945. I am a specialist in Canadian federalism, federal-provincial relations with a special emphasis on Ottawa-Quebec relations, nationalisms as expressed in Canada, francophone-anglophone relations, and the development of Canada's Francophone minority communities

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CHAPMAN, Pamela »

Sessional professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section

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Office: 613-562-5800 (7909)
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Professor Chapman continues her practice as a labour arbitrator and mediator, and is a part-time Member of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.  She speaks frequently on various labour, employment and administrative law topics, with a special emphasis on human rights and accommodation issues, as well as workplace privacy. Her teaching includes labour law, grievance arbitration, trial advocacy, and administrative law and her research and writing interests include labour law, administrative law and legal theory.

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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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DORAN, Marie-Christine »

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Assistant professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2009)
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I work on the evolution of democracy and governance in Latin America. Themes such as : political changes (turn to the left), violence, justice and human rights, poverty, socio-political and religious movements, political legitimacy, as well as Latin America's relation with other parts of the world are my main areas.

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English and French , Espagnol

ELTIS, Karen »

Assistant Professor
Assistant professor
Faculty of Law
Civil Law

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Constitutional law (Charter), Internet law (new technologies, e-commerce, cybercrime), health law and bioethics, comparative law (U.S. and others), international arbitration

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English and French , hebreu, roumain, espagnol

EMANUELLI, Claude »

Full professor
Faculty of Law
Civil Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3233)
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Règles juridiques régissant les rapports entre les États, notamment en cas de conflit armé. Règles juridiques visant à protéger les victimes de la guerre (prisonniers de guerre, civils). Crimes de guerre.

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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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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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GIROUX, Michelle »

Full professor
Faculty of Law
Civil Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3243)
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Droit des personnes et de la famille plus particulièrement en ce qui a trait à la garde des enfants et aux nouvelles technologies de la reproduction. Droit médical, plus spécifiquement la bioéthique.

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GRAMMOND, Sébastien »

Professeur
Associate professor
Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section
Civil Law

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Office: 613-562-5902
Cell: 613-808-3620
Home: 819-827-5303
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Public law, including constitutional and administrative law; the rights of minorities, in particular the rights of aboriginal peoples. Linguistic rights. Equality rights. Contract law.

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English and French , Espagnol

LACROIX, Mariève »

Assistant professor
Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3036)
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Ses intérêts de recherche et d’enseignement en droit privé (obligations, personnes et responsabilité civile) et comparé (axe franco-suisse) incluent la recherche fondamentale et certaines dimensions plus pratiques. Professeure Lacroix s'intéresse aussi à l'épistémologie, la méthodologie et la théorie du droit, ainsi qu'à la jurilinguistique.

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LAMARCHE, Lucie »

Gordon F. Henderson Chair in Human Rights
Full professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3462)
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Intérêts de recherche : Accords de commerce et droits de la personne; Institutions nationales des droits de la personne; Recours internationaux en droits de la personne; Système inter américain des droits de la personne; Gouvernance locale et droits de la personne; Droits culturels; Droits des femmes et droits économiques et sociaux; Mesures proactives d’équité en emploi et droits des femmes : perspectives canadiennes; Mondialisation et droits de la personne; Cohésion sociale et droits sociaux; Distinctions: Professeure titulaire de la Chaire Gordon & Henderson Récipiendaire du Mérite CSQ (Centrale des syndicats du Québec) 2006. Récipiendaire du Mérite Christine Tourigny «Justice sociale», Barreau du Québec, 2002. Récipiendaire du Fellowship post-doctoral Jean Monnet, Institut universitaire européen, Florence, Italie, 1998-1999.

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MALHOTRA, Ravi »

Assistant professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section

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My areas of expertise include disability rights, globalization and labour law. My current doctoral research is about the implications of globalization for workers with disabilities. I have also examined the limitations of John Rawls' theory of equality for people with disabilities in a forthcoming book chapter.

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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.

MENDES, Errol »

Errol MENDES

Former Director, Human Rights Research and Education Centre
Full professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5890
Cell: 613-799-0559
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Globalization, United Nations, foreign policy, international law and human rights,law and policy on anti-terrorism, Constitutional law, including the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Private and Public Sector governance, including issues relating to accountability, transparency and integrity.

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MORSE, Bradford W. »

Professor
Full professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Cell: 613-889-8896
Home: 613-821-1681
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Aboriginal issues in Canada, U.S.A., Australia and New Zealand: Land claims, self-government, treaty rights, aboriginal rights, Metis rights, constitutional reform, administration of justice, intergovernmental relations, wildlife harvesting, international indigenous rights, human rights, etc. Northern Governance: territorial governmental jurisdiction and federal-territorial relations

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PARÉ, Mona »

Mona Paré

Vice-Dean, Research
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Civil Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3253)
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International human rights law, child rights, disability rights, education law

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English and French , Finnish

POWER, Mark »

Professor
Assistant professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3381)
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My research focusses on access to justice, constitutional and administrative law, education law (primary and secondary education, Indian constitutional law, the rights of minorities, and language rights (official language communities, Francophones, Franco-Ontarians, Acadians, and English speaking communities in Quebec).

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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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ST. LEWIS, Joanne »

Joanne St. Lewis

Assistant Professor
Assistant professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3311)
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Sexual violence and deep conflict; new social media and democracy; complexity science, spirituality and emergent creativity; art, culture and the law.

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