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Costco has joined a lawsuit by companies suing the U.S. government to ensure it will receive refunds if the Supreme Court rejects President Donald Trump’s authority to impose tariffs.

Driven by a strong interest in public and constitutional law, Sarah Gagnon, a doctoral student at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law, explores how the Governor General might help prevent executive abuse of power, and how unwritten constitutional principles can justify such interventions in a time of democratic decline.

In a simulated meeting of the UN Security Council, convened on 17 November 2025, 9 Common Law students adopted a resolution calling upon the Russian Federation and Ukraine to immediately stop fighting and start negotiations.

As synthetic content generated by artificial intelligence increasingly appears before the courts, Professor Karen Eltis, from the Civil Law Section, is joining a research team at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) that will develop a specialized tool to detect it.

The Common Law Section is proud to announce that Professor Constance Backhouse has been elected an Honorary Fellow of the American Society for Legal History – one of the most prestigious recognitions in the field.

Curiosity and creativity: for PhD candidate Christiana Sagay, these two qualities have shaped not only her path to the University of Ottawa but also her approach to life and scholarship.

Now well into her fourth term as Vice-Dean of the English Common Law Program, Professor Daphne Gilbert remains as passionate as ever about helping students thrive and reimagining what legal education can be.

Rakhmad Sobirov’s legal journey began in Uzbekistan, where he was trained as a lawyer in a civil law jurisdiction with a focus on international law.

À l’heure où le secteur financier fait face à des pressions grandissantes pour s’arrimer aux objectifs mondiaux de durabilité, il est plus urgent que jamais de se demander comment les lois peuvent guider cette transformation. Peu de secteurs illustrent mieux ce défi que la finance durable, qui se trouve au confluent de la réglementation, des affaires et de l’intendance environnementale.

Paul-David Chouinard, a doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Law, has long been interested in the practical side of law – the rules and procedures that, often behind the scenes, directly shape access to justice.