Lillianne Cadieux-Shaw: "Retaliatory Defamation Lawsuits, Equality Principles, and Access to Justice: Commentary on Hansman v Neufeld", volume 55, Advocates' Quarterly

Osgoode Professors Richard Haigh and Dan Priel are joined by Toronto lawyer (and former student of ours) Lil Cadieux-Shaw ’17 in a departure from our usual book review conversation. Lil has recently published an article on the fascinating Supreme Court of Canada defamation case of Hansman v Neufeld. The three of us have a wide-ranging discussion about the case, defamation law, anti-SLAPP legislation and more. If you want to Lillianne Cadieux-Shaw: "Retaliatory Defamation Lawsuits, Equality Principles, and Access to Justice: Commentary on Hansman v Neufeld", volume 55, Advocate's Quarterlyread the article, it is available on the York Centre for Public Policy and Law's website: https://ycppl.info.yorku.ca/category/blog/

Osgoode Professors Richard Haigh and Dan Priel are joined by two of the authors of this very handy book, Professor Jeffrey Schall and former Judge Morris Hoffman. It's always been the case that law is intimately connected with human behaviour. But now brain science is becoming more and more implicated in law. Neuroscience has begun to understand the brain on a level unimaginable even 25 years ago. That has potentially serious impacts on law. As examples, legislators are relying on brain science to create laws; regulators are using it to administer rules; lawyers are using it to advise clients and decide cases. The book is both a primer on brain anatomy and a guide on how it may assist those legal actors to use it wisely. Our conversation with Jeff (the neuroscientist) and Morris (the lawyer/judge) ranges widely across a number of areas.

Link to book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/brain-science-for-lawyers-judges-and-policymakers-9780197748855?cc=ca&lang=en&

Osgoode Professors Richard Haigh and Dan Priel are joined by Professor Michael Heller of Columbia Law School and Professor James Salzman of UCLA School of law and UCSB Bren School of the Environment. The book is a provocative book about how ownership -- a legal concept -- is much more complicated than it seems. Ownership is value-laden, contextual and, in the infinite number of situations where scarcity exists, subject to a myriad number of conflicting claims. This fascinating, and eminently readable book will change the way you think about property.

Osgoode Professors Richard Haigh and Dan Priel are joined by Professor Travis Dumsday of Concordia University of Edmonton in a wide-ranging discussion about his book, Assisted Suicide in Canada: Moral, Legal and Policy Considerations. The book takes on the very complicated legal, moral, philosophical and ethical issues surrounding medical assistance in dying, particularly in Canada. Travis discusses the legal cases leading to Parliament's decision to legalize assisted suicide, the ethical quandaries provoked by that decision and where it may lead to.

Dan and Richard are joined by University of Oxford Associate Professor Zeynep Pamuk to discuss her recent book, Politics and Expertise: How to Use Science in a Democratic Society. The book's grand theme is captured in the two epigraphs found at the beginning: "It would not only be foolish but downright irresponsible to accept the judgment of scientists and physicians without further examination" and "the rational layman will recognize that in matters about which there is good reason to believe there is expert opinion, he ought not to make up his own mind." Zeynep provides a robust critique, and ideas for solutions, on how the longstanding tension between expert knowledge and democratic decision making can be resolved, using very topical examples such as the recent global pandemic.

Link to book: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691218939/politics-and-expertise

Dan and Richard discuss Osgoode School Professor Valerio De Stefano's timely book about the world of AI, algorithms and online platforms and their ever-increasing impact on the world of work. Co-authored with Antonio Aloisi, "Your Boss is an Algorithm: Artificial Intelligence, Platform Work and Labour" will trouble anyone who cares about the impact of technology on work and how it needs to be regulated.

Beyond Law is a podcast on books that discuss problems of law and regulation through the lens of public policy and social science.

In this episode, the hosts, Richard Haigh and Dan Priel, talk with Benjamin van Rooij about his latest book “The Behavioral Code: The Hidden Ways the Law Makes Us Better or Worse”.

Loretta Merritt ’85, '90(LLM), one of Canada’s foremost lawyers specializing in sexual abuse and harassment cases, speaks with Osgoode Professor Janet Mosher about her trauma-informed approach to clients, confidentiality concerns and trends in damages.

Dean Mary Condon speaks with Kyle Elliott, Counsel, Diversity and Inclusion at Blakes about equity, diversity and inclusion in the legal education and the profession.

Kyle graduated from Osgoode in 2016 where he acted as the President of the Black Law Students' Association (BLSA Osgoode), before serving as the National Articling Representative for the Black Law Students’ Association of Canada (BLSA Canada). At Blakes, Kyle works to develop the Firm’s equity, diversity and inclusion-focused programs. He also leads the Firm’s diversity and inclusion outreach initiatives, which are designed to attract students from diverse backgrounds to the practice of business law. Kyle is an active member of the legal community and serves on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers (CABL).

Pandemics, wars, climate change! We’re living in a world today increasingly shaped by crisis. In this podcast, Osgoode Hall Law School professors François Tanguay-Renaud and Saptarishi Bandopadhyay discuss the impact of disasters on the political and legal landscape.

April 8, 2022