October 7, 2011

Jutta Brunnée

Metcalf Chair in Environmental Law
University of Toronto

Stephen J. Toope

President and Vice-Chancellor
University of British Columbia

Colloquium Title

"Constructivism and International Law"

Pre-Seminar Readings

Intro. and Ch. 1, Legitimacy and Legality in International Law: An Interactional Account

Pre-seminar: Wednesday, October 5
SSM A357, 1:30-3 pm

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Mick Dodson

Director of the National Centre for Indigenous Studies

Professor of Law

Australian National University

Colloquium Title

“But we have stayed strong and true to our culture.”
The native title experience - an Australian example

Pre-Seminar Reading

Dodson Smith "Governance for Sustainable Development"

Pre-seminar: Friday, November 18
Fraser Building, Room 152, 12:30 to 2:00 pm

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Sally Engle Merry

Professor of Anthropology, Law and Society

New York University

Colloquium Details

“Seductive Quantification: The Politics of Measuring Human Rights”
Fraser Building (Law) Room 152 at 2:30pm

Readings: “Violence against Women”
Optional second reading: “Chapter 3”

Pre-Seminar Readings

“Measuring the World”
“Law from Below”

Pre-seminar: Friday, January 13
Fraser Building, Room 152, 12:30 to 2:00 pm

Akeel Bilgrami

Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy
Faculty member of the Committee on Global Thought
Columbia University

Colloquium Details

"Gandhi's Radicalism"
Fraser Building (Law) Room 152 at 2:30pm
Readings: Value, Enchantment, and the Mentality of Democracy: Some Distant Perspectives from Gandhi

Pre-Seminar Reading

"Occidentalism, the Very Idea"

Pre-seminar: Friday, February 24
Fraser Building, Room 152, 1pm to 2:30 pm
*** Please note that there has been a time change for this event:
The pre-seminar will take place from 1 pm - 2:30 pm this week only ***

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Gary Francione

Distinguished Professor of Law

Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Scholar of Law & Philosophy
Rutgers University

Colloquium Details

"Killing Animals"
Fraser Building (Law) Room 152 at 2:30pm
Readings: The Animal Rights Debate

Pre-Seminar Reading

"Animal Welfare and the Moral Value of Nonhuman Animals"

Pre-seminar: Friday, March 16
Fraser Building, Room 152, 12:30 to 2:00 pm

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