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AMOS, Will »
Director, Ecojustice Environmental Law Clinic
Part-time professor
Faculty of Law
Contact information:
Office: (613)562-5800 (3378)
E-mail: wamos@ecojustice.ca
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William Amos is a public interest environmental lawyer and is the Director of the uOttawa-Ecojustice Environmental Law Clinic, where he has taught in both French and English since March 2007. He manages a variety of litigation files and law reform projects. He has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Quebec, Ontario and B.C. Courts of Appeal, the Ontario Superior and Divisional Courts, the Quebec Superior Court, the Ontario Municipal Board, and the Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal. He has expert knowledge in the areas of offshore drilling law, environmental tort law (nuisance, negligence), species-at-risk law, expropriation law and environmental rights law.
Will has previously served as counsel with the Canadian Radioâ??Television and Telecommunications Commission and the law firm of Heenan Blaikie L.L.P. in Montreal. He has worked internationally with the Mexican Environmental Law Centre (CEMDA) and as a consultant for the North American Commission on Environmental Cooperation. Prior to becoming a lawyer, he was a special assistant in the federal Environment Minister and the Prime Ministerâ??s Offices.
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BÉLANGER-HARDY, Louise »
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law
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Office: 613-562-5800 (3320)
E-mail: lbelhard@uOttawa.ca
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Tort Law (negligence, intentional wrongs, strict liability)
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BOIVIN, Denis »
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law
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Office: 613-562-5800 (3329)
E-mail: dboivin@uOttawa.ca
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Responsabilité civile délictuelle, c'est-à-dire la responsabilité qui n'est pas fondée exclusivement sur un contrat; responsabilité des fabricants. Assurances; responsabilité des assureurs pour mauvaise foi lors de l'exécution de leurs contrats.
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CHANDLER, Jennifer A. »
Professor
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law
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Office: 613-562-5800 (3286)
E-mail: chandler@uOttawa.ca
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The legal, social and political implications of science and technology. Recent work has addressed the regulation of new technologies, the judicial response to disputes involving new technologies, the theory of law and technology, and organ donation policies.
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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
E-mail: lchartra@uottawa.ca
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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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- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- Aboriginal criminality
- Aboriginal history
- Aboriginal legal issues
- Aboriginal Studies
- Alternatives to imprisonment
- Bioethics
- Colonization
- Constitutional law
- Criminal law
- Culture
- Epidemiology
- Ethics
- Ethics
- Federalism
- Hate crimes
- Health research
- Human rights
- Human rights
- Human rights
- Indigenous Conceptions
- Indigenous Prophecies
- Indigenous Responsibilities
- Indigenous Rights
- Intercultural communication
- International human rights law
- International humanitarian law
- International law
- International law
- Justice
- Legislation and learning
- Native teacher education
- Population health
- Postcolonial studies
- Rights and freedoms
- Sentencing
- Social justice
- Torts
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COLLINS, Lynda »
Associate professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section
Common Law
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Office: 613-562-5800 (2913)
Cell: 613-612-8880
Home: 613-234-8886
E-mail: lcollins@uOttawa.ca
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Professor Collins is an expert in legal approaches to toxic substances, including environmental negligence, constitutional environmental rights under the Canadian Charter, and the international law of environmental human rights. Professor Collins has testified in public hearings at the House and Senate Standing environment committees and at the European Parliament, and has participated by invitation in a number of UN consultative processes concerning the right to a healthy environment and the right to water.
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ELTIS, Karen »
Assistant Professor
Assistant professor
Faculty of Law
Civil Law
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E-mail: karen.eltis@uOttawa.ca
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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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- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- Constitution
- Democracy and democratization
- Health law
- Human rights
- International law
- Internet law
- Medical law
- Privacy
- Torts
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English and French , hebreu, roumain, espagnol
FELDTHUSEN, Bruce »
Full professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law
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Office: 613-562-5800 (2685)
E-mail: bfeldthu@uOttawa.ca
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Office Telephone
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Torts. Civil actions for damages. Damages for victims of sexual assault. Punitive damages. Damages for pure economic loss. Legal education.
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MCLEOD-KILMURRAY, Heather »
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law
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Office: 613-562-5800 (3138)
E-mail: hmcleodk@uOttawa.ca
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Environmental law, particularly the role of courts in environmental disputes. Focus on rules of procedure and the challenges of litigating environmental problems. Particular focus on class actions, pre-trial injunctions, and rules of standing and interveners. Effect of environmental ethics and environmental principles on procedure and other aspects of environmental law. Precautionary Principle, GMOs. Environmental torts.
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PERRET, Louis M.H. »
Doyen / Dean
Full professor
Faculty of Law
Civil Law
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Office: 613-562-5902
Home: 613-772-2140
E-mail: lmperret@uOttawa.ca
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Libre échange dans les Amériques. Droit des contrats et responsabilité civile au Québec.
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English and French , espagnol / Spanish
RUPARELIA, Rakhi »
Assistant professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section
Contact information:
Office: 613-562-5800 (3324)
E-mail: rruparel@uOttawa.ca
Research information:
Torts. Impact of law and legal institutions on women and racialized communities. Legal education.
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