Staff /history/taxonomy/term/2/all en BLP Seminars in Business & Society 2025 | Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Change Law: Climate Justice in Canada /history/channels/event/blp-seminars-business-society-2025-indigenous-knowledge-and-climate-change-law-climate-justice-363545 <p><em>Presented by the ŗ«¹śĀćĪčĀ Business Law Platform andĀ ŗ«¹śĀćĪčĀ Sustainable Growth InitiativeĀ CIBCĀ SGIĀ Office forĀ SustainableĀ FinanceĀ </em></p> <p>WithĀ Professor <strong>Angele Alook</strong></p> Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:52:22 +0000 admin 1983 at /history BLP Seminars in Business & Society 2025 | How do stock exchange rules evolve? Evidence from the London Stock Exchangeā€™s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) /history/channels/event/blp-seminars-business-society-2025-how-do-stock-exchange-rules-evolve-evidence-london-stock-363546 <p><em>Presented by the ŗ«¹śĀćĪčĀ Business Law Platform andĀ ŗ«¹śĀćĪčĀ Sustainable Growth InitiativeĀ CIBCĀ SGIĀ Office forĀ SustainableĀ FinanceĀ </em></p> <p>WithĀ Professor <strong>Jonathan Chan</strong>, ŗ«¹śĀćĪč Faculty of Law</p> Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:55:59 +0000 admin 1985 at /history James Martel - When it comes to the law, the clumsier the better /history/channels/event/james-martel-when-it-comes-law-clumsier-better-363509 <h2>Abstract</h2> Fri, 07 Feb 2025 17:05:53 +0000 admin 1980 at /history Johan Van der Walt - The law is clumsy because it is, well, the law /history/channels/event/johan-van-der-walt-law-clumsy-because-it-well-law-363510 <h2>Abstract</h2> Fri, 07 Feb 2025 17:08:27 +0000 admin 1982 at /history LĆ©a Decaster - L'introduction du genre dans le code civil : une maladresse du code civil quĆ©bĆ©cois? /history/channels/event/lea-decaster-lintroduction-du-genre-dans-le-code-civil-une-maladresse-du-code-civil-quebecois-363508 <h2><u>Abstract</u></h2> Fri, 07 Feb 2025 16:50:17 +0000 admin 1977 at /history Critical Race Theory, Intersectionality: To exist or not to exist? /history/channels/event/critical-race-theory-intersectionality-exist-or-not-exist-363504 <p>The Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism (CHRLP) and the FR Scott Chair in Public and Constitutional Law are hosting theĀ <i>MacNaughton Public Lecture</i>Ā to celebrate theĀ <b>Black History Month with Professor Adrien Wing</b>, Director of t</p> Fri, 07 Feb 2025 15:47:00 +0000 admin 1975 at /history Authoritarian Commons: Neighborhood Democratization in Urban China /history/channels/event/authoritarian-commons-neighborhood-democratization-urban-china-362779 <p>A guest lecture by Professor Shitong Qiao of Duke University.</p> Tue, 21 Jan 2025 19:17:25 +0000 admin 1970 at /history The Yan P. Lin Centreā€™s Research Group on Global Pasts Releases Book on Place and Performance in Antiquity /history/channels/news/yan-p-lin-centres-research-group-global-pasts-releases-book-place-and-performance-antiquity-363055 <p>We enthusiastically announce the publication ofĀ <i>Place and Performance in Ancient Greece, Rome, and ChinaĀ </i>with Cambridge University Press in December 2024. It is the first volume in Cambridgeā€™s new seriesĀ <i>Antiquity in Global Context.</i>Ā Profs. Griet Vankeerberghen and Hans Beck have edited this volume, and their long-standing collaboration was the foundation of the Global Antiquities cluster of the Yan P. Lin Centre, evolved and expanded into our Global Pasts Research Group.</p> Mon, 03 Feb 2025 16:34:23 +0000 admin 1969 at /history Tina Piper appointed Acting Dean /history/channels/news/tina-piper-appointed-acting-dean-363014 <p>We are pleased to announce that Associate Dean (Academic) <strong>Tina Piper</strong> has been appointed Acting Dean for the Faculty of Law, following <a href="/law/channels/news/dean-robert-leckey-appointed-judge-superior-court-quebec-362944" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">the appointment of Justice Robert Leckey to the Superior Court of Quebec</a>. Her appointment, effective immediately, was announced by Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic) Christopher Manfredi on 28 January 2025.Ā Ā Ā </p> Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:33:44 +0000 admin 1966 at /history Dean Robert Leckey appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec /history/channels/news/dean-robert-leckey-appointed-judge-superior-court-quebec-362944 <p>With mixed feelings, the Faculty of Law extends its sincerest congratulations to the Hon. <b>Robert Leckey</b> on his appointment to the Superior Court of Quebec, District of Montreal. His appointment, effective immediately, was announced by the Honourable Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, on 27 January 2025. Justice Leckey replaces Justice Christian Immer, BCLā€™91, LLBā€™91, who has been elevated to the Court of Appeal of Quebec.</p> Mon, 27 Jan 2025 19:57:31 +0000 admin 1955 at /history The Art of Living as Surplus ā€“ Subversive lessons from Life Work in the Caribbean /history/channels/event/art-living-surplus-subversive-lessons-life-work-caribbean-362837 <p>A guest lecture by Beverly Mullings of the University of Toronto.</p> Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:20:22 +0000 claire.ward@mcgill.ca 1944 at /history ŗ«¹śĀćĪč Law ranked among the worldā€™s top law faculties by the Times Higher Education /history/channels/news/mcgill-law-ranked-among-worlds-top-law-faculties-times-higher-education-362807 <p>The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce it was once again ranked as one of the worldā€™s top universities at which to study law. The <em>Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings</em> placed ŗ«¹śĀćĪč 33rd worldwide.ā€Æā€ÆĀ </p> <p>Since the law ranking was introduced in 2017, ŗ«¹śĀćĪč has consistently featured in the global top 35. This year, 389 law schools around the world were ranked. ā€ÆĀ </p> Wed, 22 Jan 2025 16:06:03 +0000 admin 1943 at /history NEW DATE: MBHS - ā€œā€˜The True Whitemanā€™s Comingā€™: Roger Casementā€™s Erotics of Civilizationā€ /history/channels/event/new-date-mbhs-true-whitemans-coming-roger-casements-erotics-civilization-358381 <p><b>Cian Dinan</b><b> </b>(PhD candidate in History, ŗ«¹śĀćĪč)</p> <p>ā€œā€˜The True Whitemanā€™s Comingā€™: Roger Casementā€™s Erotics of Civilizationā€</p> Thu, 15 Aug 2024 17:48:55 +0000 claire.ward@mcgill.ca 1765 at /history New phase of Chancellor Day Hall modernization begins: construction work to come in 2025 /history/channels/news/new-phase-chancellor-day-hall-modernization-begins-construction-work-come-2025-362738 <p>The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce the start of long-awaited modernization of its teaching facilities. The second floor of New Chancellor Day Hall will be completely remodelled to create larger, updated classrooms, fit for our professorsā€™ current pedagogical approaches.</p> Mon, 20 Jan 2025 15:39:52 +0000 admin 1935 at /history IOWC Winter Speaker Series - Prof. Gwyn Campbell /history/channels/event/iowc-winter-speaker-series-prof-gwyn-campbell-362555 <p><em>The Role of British Political Agents and Missionaries in Perpetuating Slavery and Forced Labour in Nineteenth-Century Madagascar</em></p> <p><strong>Prof. Gwyn Campbell</strong><br /> IOWC, ŗ«¹śĀćĪč</p> Tue, 14 Jan 2025 17:29:55 +0000 claire.ward@mcgill.ca 1931 at /history