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Benjamin L. Berger Associate Professor
Osgoode Hall Law School York University
4700 Keele Street � Toronto, Ontario � Canada � M3J 1P3
Phone: � Fax: � E-Mail: [email protected]
Education
DoctoroftheScienceofLaw(J.S.D.) YaleUniversity(2008)
• Dissertation:“TheConceitsofCulture:ReligionandtheConstitutionalRuleofLawinCanada”• SSHRCDoctoralFellow
MasterofLaws(LL.M.) YaleUniversity(2004)
• Thesis:“TheParadoxofReligiousFreedom”• Canada-USFulbrightScholar
BachelorofLaws(LL.B.) UniversityofVictoria(2002)
• LawSocietyofBritishColumbiaGoldMedalist
BachelorofArtswithHonours(B.A.,Hons.) UniversityofAlberta(1999)
• ReligiousStudies• FirstClassHonours• GovernorGeneral’sAcademicMedal• GoldMedalinArts
PositionsHeld
• AssociateDean(Students),OsgoodeHallLawSchool,YorkUniversity
July1,2015–Present
• AssociateProfessorofLaw,OsgoodeHallLawSchool,YorkUniversity
o TeachingSubjectAreas:LawandReligion,CriminalLaw,theLawofEvidence,ConstitutionalLawandTheory.
July1,2011–Present
• AssociateProfessor(StatusOnly),DepartmentfortheStudyofReligion,UniversityofToronto
Fall2014–Present
• AssociateProfessorofLaw,UniversityofVictoria• CrossappointmentintheDepartmentofPhilosophy
o TeachingSubjectAreas:CriminalLaw,LawandReligion,LawofEvidence,CivilLibertiesandtheCharter,LegalProcess
o MemberoftheFacultyofGraduateStudies
2009–2012
2010–2012
• AssistantProfessorofLaw,UniversityofVictoria 2004–2008
• BarristerandSolicitoro BarofBritishColumbia(currentlynon-practicing)o BarofOntario
2010–Present2009–Present
• LawClerktotheRt.HonourableBeverleyMcLachlin,ChiefJusticeofCanada
2002–2003
Benjamin L. Berger Page 2
• TemporaryArticles,ArvayFinlay,Barristers 2001
ResearchandTeachingAwardsandHonours
• CALT-ACPDPrizeforAcademicExcellenceo “honoursexceptionalcontributiontoresearchand
lawteachingbyaCanadianlawteacherinmid-career.”
2015
• OsgoodeHallLawSchoolTeachingAward 2013
• CanadianAssociationofLawTeachersScholarlyPaperAwardo For“TheAbidingPresenceofConscience:CriminalJustice
AgainsttheLawandtheModernConstitutionalImagination”
2010
• TerryJ.WuesterTeachingAward,FacultyofLaw,UniversityofVictoria
2011,2006
• FacultyofLawFirstYearClassTeachingAward,UniversityofVictoria
2007
EditorialActivities
• Editor-in-Chief,CanadianJournalofLawandSociety/RevueCanadienneDroitetSocieté
2014–Present
• GeneralEditorofConstitutionalSystemsoftheWorldo SeriespublishedbyHartPublishingo Editedover20volumes
2008–Present
• AdvisoryBoardMemberofAshgatePublishingseriesonLawandReligion
2014–Present
• MemberofEditorialBoard,ReviewofConstitutionalStudies 2013–Present
• OverseasReporter,CriminalLawJournal(Australia) 2005–Present
• MemberofEditorialBoard,CanadianJournalofLawandSociety 2008–2014
• MemberofEditorialBoard,StudiesinReligion/SciencesReligieuses
2010–2013
• BookReviewEditor,ReviewofConstitutionalStudies 2006–2013
Fellowships,Institutes,andVisitorships
• VisitingFacultyo BerkeleyCentrefortheStudyofReligion
March2014
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o UCBerkeley
• VisitingResearchFellowo ReligioninthePublicSphereInitiativeo DepartmentofReligiousStudies,UniversityofToronto
2013-2014
• VisitingScholaro MasseyCollegeintheUniversityofToronto
2013-2014
• VisitingProfessoro MonashUniversity,PratoProgramo Prato,Italy
May-June2013
• Fellow,SIASSummerInstituteso Topic–ThePolitical:Law,Culture,Theologyo BerlinBrandenburgischeAkademiederWissenschaften
Summer2006
• Fellow,SIASSummerInstituteso Topic–ThePolitical:Law,Culture,Theologyo YaleLawSchool
Summer2005
ResearchFunding
• SSHRCInsightGranto Collaboratoro “SeeingCrime:VisualEvidence,Victims,andDomestic
Violence”o $177,254
2014-2019
• SSHRCInsightDevelopmentGranto PrincipalInvestigatoro “WrestlingwithTradition:Community,Authority,and
ChangeinLawandReligion”o $75,000
2013-2015
• SSHRCConnectionGranto Co-Investigatoro “LawontheEdge”jointconferenceoftheCanadianLaw
andSociety/LawandSocietyAssociationofAustraliaandNewZealand
o $50,000
2013-2014
• SSHRCMajorCollaborativeResearchInitiativeo Co-Investigatoro “ReligiousDiversityandItsLimits:MovingBeyond
ToleranceandAccommodation”o $2.5Millionover7years
2010-2017
• SSHRCSmallGrantsProgram(York)o “BetweenFreeExerciseandLaicité:Understanding
CanadianSecularism”
December2011–December2012
• BLGSummerResearchProgram Summer2009
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o “JusticeAgainsttheLaw:TheExceptionintheCriminalLawandtheConstitutionalImagination”
• LawFoundationofBritishColumbiaResearchGranto ReligiousDiversityandtheRuleofLawinCanada
2008–2010
• SSHRCInternalResearchGrant(UVic)o CharterRights,NationalSecurity,andtheFederalCourts
2005–2006
Publications
Forthcoming
• BenjaminL.BergerandRichardMoon,ReligionandtheExerciseofPublicAuthority(London,UK:HartPublishing,forthcoming2016).
BooksandEditedCollections
• BenjaminL.Berger,Law’sReligion:ReligiousDifferenceandtheClaimsofConstitutionalism(Toronto:UniversityofTorontoPress,2015).
• KentRoach,BenjaminL.Berger,EmmaCunliffeandJamesStribopoulos,CriminalLawandProcedure:CasesandMaterials,11thed.(Toronto:EmondMontgomery,2015).
• BenjaminL.BergerandJamesStribopoulos,eds.,UnsettledLegacy:ThirtyYearsofCriminalJusticeUndertheCharter(Toronto:LexisNexis,2012).
• HamarFoster,BenjaminL.Berger,andAndrewBuck,eds.,TheGrandExperiment:Lawand
LegalCultureinBritishSettlerSocieties(Vancouver:UBCPress,2008).
EditedJournalIssues
• BenjaminL.BergerandJamieCameron(2013),50:3OsgoodeHallLawJournal.o Introduction:“PatterningRightsConstitutionalism:ThirtyYearswiththeCharter”
(2013)50OsgoodeHallLawJournalvii-x.
• BenjaminL.BergerandJamesStribopoulos(2012),57SupremeCourtLawReview2(d).o Introduction:“TheConstitutionofCriminalJustice”(2012)57SupremeCourtLaw
Review(2d)3-9.
JournalArticles
• “RecentDevelopmentsinCanadianCriminalLaw”(2016)40CriminalLawJournal33-48.(WithProf.GerryFerguson)
• “SentencingandtheSalienceofPainandHope”(2015)70SupremeCourtLawReview(2d)337-363.
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• “BelongingtoLaw:ReligiousDifference,Secularism,andtheConditionsofCivicInclusion”(2015)24(1)Social&LegalStudies47-63.
• “FaithinSovereignty:ReligionandSecularisminthePoliticsofCanadianFederalism”(2014)35:4IstituzionidelFederalismo939-961.
• “TheVirtuesofLawinthePoliticsofReligiousFreedom”(2014)29:3JournalofLawandReligion378-395.
• “ReligiousDiversity,Education,andthe‘Crisis’inStateNeutrality”(2014)29:1CanadianJournalofLawandSociety103-122.
• “ChildrenofTwoLogics:AWayIntoCanadianConstitutionalCulture”(2013)11:2InternationalJournalofConstitutionalLaw319-38.
• “RecentDevelopmentsinCanadianCriminalLaw”(2013)37CriminalLawJournal315-329.(WithProf.GerryFerguson)
• “ReasoningwithInferences:ThemesfromPriorConsistentStatementsandTraceEvidence”(2012)92C.R.(6th)254-267.
• “TheAbidingPresenceofConscience:CriminalJusticeAgainsttheLawandtheModernConstitutionalImagination”(2011)61:4UniversityofTorontoLawJournal579-616.
• “KeyTheoreticalIssuesintheInteractionofLawandReligion:AGuideforthePerplexed”(2011)19:2ConstitutionalForumconstitutionnel41-52.
• “Judges,JuriesandtheHistoryofCriminalAppeals”(2011)29:1LawandHistoryReview297-302.
• “Section1,ConstitutionalReasoning,andCulturalDifference:AssessingtheImpactsofAlbertav.HutterianBrethrenofWilsonColony”(2010)51SupremeCourtLawReview(2d)25-46.
• “RecentDevelopmentsinCanadianCriminalLaw”(2009)33CriminalLawJournal263-280.(WithProf.GerryFerguson)
• “AMoreLastingComfort?ThePoliticsofMinimumSentences,theRuleofLawandR.v.Ferguson”(2009)47SupremeCourtLawReview(2d)101–125.
• “WrestlingwithPunishment:TheRoleoftheBCCourtofAppealintheLawofSentencing”(2009)162B.C.Studies25-51.(WithProf.GerryFerguson)
• “ADueMeasureofFearinCriminalJudgment”(2008)41SupremeCourtLawReview(2d)161-192.
• “TheReachofRightsintheSecurityState:ReflectionsonKhadrv.Canada”(2008)56C.R.(6th)268-277.
• “TheCulturalLimitsofLegalTolerance”(2008)21:2CanadianJournalofLawandJurisprudence245-277.
• “MoralJudgment,CriminalLawandtheConstitutionalProtectionofReligion”(2008)41SupremeCourtLawReview(2d)513–552.
• “WhiteFire:StructuralIndeterminacy,ConstitutionalDesign,andtheConstitutionBehindthe
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Text”(2008)3:1JournalofComparativeLaw249-288.
• “OntheBookofJob,Justice,andthePrecariousnessoftheCriminalLaw”(2008)4:1Law,CultureandtheHumanities98–118.
• “Law’sReligion:RenderingCulture”(2007)45:2OsgoodeHallLawJournal277–314.
• “RecentDevelopmentinCanadianCriminalLaw"(2007)31CriminalLawJournal369–384.(WithProf.GerryFerguson)
• “EmotionsandtheVeilofVoluntarism:TheLossofJudgmentinCanadianCriminalLaw”(2006)51:1McGillLawJournal99–128.
• “OurEvolvingJudicature:SecurityCertificates,DetentionReview,andtheFederalCourts”(2006)39:1U.B.C.LawReview101–137.o ReproducedinG.Chandana,ed.,HabeasCorpus:TheoryandPractice(Hyderabad:
TheIcfaiUniversityPress,2008)44–88.
• “RecentDevelopmentinCanadianCriminalLaw"(2006)30:2CriminalLawJournal100–114.(WithProf.GerryFerguson)
• “UnderstandingLawandReligionasCulture:MakingRoomforMeaninginthePublicSphere.”
(2006)15:1ConstitutionalForumconstitutionnel 15-22.• “TheRuleinHodge’sCase:RumoursofitsDeathareGreatlyExaggerated.”(2005)84:1
CanadianBarReview47–74.
• “CriminalAppealsasJuryControl:AnAnglo-CanadianHistoricalPerspectiveontheRiseofCriminalAppeals.”(2005)10:1CanadianCriminalLawReview1–41.o ReproducedinpartinJohnH.Langbein,RenéeLettowLernerandBruceP.Smith,
eds.,HistoryoftheCommonLaw:TheDevelopmentofAnglo-AmericanLegalInstitutions(NewYork:AspenPublishers,2009)703-05.
• “RaceandErasureinR.v.Mann.”(2004)21C.R.(6th)58-64.
• “PeineForteetDure:CompelledJuryTrialsandLegalRightsinCanada.”(2003)48:2CriminalLawQuarterly205-248.
• “UsingtheChartertoCureHealthCare:PanaceaorPlacebo?”(2003)8:1ReviewofConstitutionalStudies20-41.
• “AChoiceAmongValues:TheoreticalandHistoricalPerspectivesontheDefenceofNecessity.”(2003)39:4AlbertaLawReview848-863.
• “TheLimitsofBelief:FreedomofReligion,Secularism,andtheLiberalState.”(2002)17:1CanadianJournalofLawandSociety39-68.
• “PuttingaPriceonDignity:TheProblemofCostsinCharterLitigation.”(2002)26:3Advocates’Quarterly235-251.
• “UsingStatutoryMeasurestoRedressRacism.”(2001)24:4Advocates’Quarterly449-466.
• “ReadinginColours:HighlightingforActiveReadinginReligiousStudies.”(2001)4:1TeachingTheologyandReligion27-31.(Co-authoredwithDr.StephenEngler)
• “QoheletandtheExigenciesoftheAbsurd.”(2001)9:2BiblicalInterpretation:AJournalof
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ContemporaryApproaches141-179.
• “PicturingtheProphet:FocalizationintheBookofJonah.”(2000)29:1StudiesinReligion/SciencesReligieuses55-68.
• “CalvinismandtheProblemofSuspenseinthePilgrimsProgress.”(1998)8BunyanStudies:AJournalofReformationandNonconformistCulture28-35.
ChaptersinBooks
• “Poetry,Mercy,andthePhenomenologyofJustice”inEhudBenZvi,ClaudiaV.Camp,DavidM.GunnandAaronW.Hughes,eds.,Poets,Prophets,andTextsinPlay:StudiesinBiblicalPoetryandProphecyinHonourofFrancisLandy(London:T&TClark,2015)175-190.
• “SentencingandtheSalienceofPainandHope”inDwightNewmanandMalcolmThorburn,eds.,TheDignityofLaw:TheLegacyofJusticeLouisLeBel(Toronto:LexisNexis,2015).
• “ConstitutionalPrinciples”inMarkusDubberandTatjanaHoernle,eds.,OxfordHandbookofCriminalLaw(Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,2014)422-444.
• “PolygamyandthePredicamentofContemporaryLaw”inGillianCalderandLoriBeaman,eds.,Polygamy'sRightsandWrongs?PerspectivesonHarm,Family,andLaw(Vancouver:U.B.C.Press,2014),69-88.
• “TheAestheticsofReligiousFreedom”inWinnifredSullivanandLoriBeaman,eds.,VarietiesofReligiousEstablishments(SurreyandBurlington:Ashgate,2013)33-53.
• “MentalDisorderandtheInstabilityofBlameintheCriminalLaw”inFrançoisTanguay-RenaudandJamesStribopoulos,eds.RethinkingCriminalLawTheory:NewCanadianPerspectivesinthePhilosophyofDomestic,Transnational,andInternationalCriminalLaw(Oxford:HartPublishing,2012)117-140.
• “TheCulturalLimitsofLegalTolerance”inCourtneyBenderandPamelaE.Klassen,eds.,AfterPluralism:ReimaginingReligiousEngagement(NewYork:ColumbiaUniversityPress,2010)98-126.[RevisedversionofarticleinCanadianJournalofLawandJurisprudence]
• ContributingAuthorforMcWilliams’CanadianCriminalEvidence,4thed.bytheHonourableJusticeCaseyHill,DavidM.Tanovich,andLouisP.Strezos(CanadaLawBook,2007).o AuthorofChapter13:TheLawofPrivilegeo AuthorofChapter14:PublicInterestImmunity
• “ADueMeasureofFearinCriminalJudgment”inJamieCameroned.,ReflectionsontheLegacyofBerthaWilson(Toronto:LexisNexis,2008),161-192.[ReprintedfromtheSupremeCourtLawReview]
• “Law’sReligion:RenderingCulture”inRichardMooned.,LawandReligiousPluralisminCanada(Vancouver:UBCPress,2008),264-296.[RevisedversionofarticleintheOsgoodeHallLawJournal]
• “Introduction:DoesLawMatter?TheNewColonialLegalHistory”inHamarFoster,BenjaminL.Berger,andAndrewBuck,eds.,TheGrandExperiment:LawandLegalCultureinBritishSettlerSocieties(Vancouver:UBCPress,2008),1-12.(WithProf.HamarFosterandA.R.Buck)
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• “FromHumblePrayerstoLegalDemands:TheCowichanPetitionof1909andtheBritishColumbiaIndianLandQuestion”inHamarFoster,BenjaminL.Berger,andAndrewBuck,eds.,History’sLivingLegacy:LawandLegalCultureinBritishSettlerSocieties(Vancouver:UBCPress,2008),240-267.(WithProf.HamarFoster)
• “MoralJudgment,CriminalLawandtheConstitutionalProtectionofReligion”inJamieCameronandJamesStribopoulos,eds.,TheCharterandCriminalJustice:Twenty-FiveYearsLater(Toronto:LexisNexisButterworths,2008)513-522.[ReprintedfromtheSupremeCourtLawReview]
BookReviewsandReviewEssays• ArmingandDisarming:AHistoryofGunControlinCanadabyR.BlakeBrown(2013)34:1For
theDefence38-39.
• ColourCoded:ALegalHistoryofRacisminCanada1900-1950byConstanceBackhouseand“Race,”RightsandtheLawintheSupremeCourtofCanadabyJamesW.St.G.Walker(2001)28:3OsgoodeHallLawJournal519-529.
OtherPublications
• “InducingFundamentalisms:LawasaCulturalForceintheDomainofReligion.”(2012)9:3CanadianDiversity/DiversitéCanadienne25-28.
• “Law,Community,andReligiousArbitration.”(2006)44:1Outlook:Canada’sProgressiveJewishMagazine7-8.
• “JudicialAppointmentsandOurChangingConstitution.”(September16,2005)TheLawyers’Weekly3.
• “TrialByMetaphor:Rhetoric,Innovation,andtheJuridicalText.”(2002)39:3CourtReview30-38.
• ContributortoAnnoDomini:JesusThroughtheCenturies,ExhibitionCatalogueandGuide.DavidGoa,LindaDistad,andMatthewWangler.ProvincialMuseumofAlberta,Edmonton,Alberta(Oct2000–Jan2001).
Conferences/WorkshopsOrganized
• “ReligionandPublicAuthorityinCanada”o Co-organizedwithProfessorRichardMoon
November2014
• “Canada’sRightsRevolution:ACriticalandComparativeSymposiumontheCanadianCharter”
o Co-organizedwithProfessorJamieCameron
September2012
• “CriminalJusticeandLegalRights:Reflectingon30Years”o Co-chairo 15thAnnualConstitutionalCasesConference,OsgoodeHall
LawSchool
May2012
• AnnualOsgoodeConstitutionalCasesConference 2012-current
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o Co-Chair
• LegalConsultationonOntarioHumanRightsCommissionCreedPolicy
o Co-organizero OsgoodeHallLawSchool,incollaborationwiththeOntario
HumanRightsCommission;theYorkCentreforPublicPolicyandLaw;andtheYorkCentreforHumanRights
March2012
AcademicScholarships,Awards,andHonours(Selected)
MembershipsandOfficesHeldinProfessionalandLearnedSocieties
• LawSocietyofBritishColumbiao BarristerandSolicitor
2010–Present
• LawSocietyofUpperCanadao BarristerandSolicitor
2009–Present
• CanadianLawandSocietyAssociationo DirectorAtLarge,Board(2009–2010)o Vice-President,Board(2010–2013)
2009–2013
• YaleLawSchoolExecutiveCommitteeo Member
2004–2010
• SSHRCDoctoralFellowship 2007–2008
• Canada-U.S.FulbrightScholar (YaleUniversity)
2003–2004
• SirJamesLougheedAwardofDistinction 2003–2004
• ViscountBennettScholarship–LawSocietyofAlberta 2003–2004
• LawFoundationofBritishColumbiaGraduateFellowship 2003–2004
• LawSocietyofBritishColumbiaScholarship 2003–2004
• LawSocietyofBritishColumbiaGoldMedal (UniversityofVictoria)
2002
• GovernorGeneral’sAcademicMedal (UniversityofAlberta)
1999
• C.D.HoweMemorialFellowship (UniversityofAlberta)
1999
• GoldMedalinArts (UniversityofAlberta)
1999
• FacultyofArtsOutstandingAchievementMedal (UniversityofAlberta)
1999
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• CentreforStudiesinReligionandSociety,UniversityofVictoriao Member
2004–2011
• ConsortiumonDemocraticConstitutionalism(DEMCON)o Member
2004–2011
• SocietyfortheScientificStudyofReligiono Member
2010–2012
• InternationalAssociationofConstitutionalLawo Member
2010–2012
• CanadianAssociationofLawTeacherso Member
2004–Present
• CanadianLawandSocietyAssociationo Member
2004–Present
• OsgoodeSocietyforCanadianLegalHistoryo Member
2005–Present
• AssociationfortheStudyofLaw,Culture,andtheHumanitieso Member
2005–2010
PeerReview
• PeerReviewofBookManuscriptso UniversityofChicagoPresso OsgoodeSocietyforCanadianLegalHistory
20122010
• PeerReviewofJournalArticleso DalhousieLawJournalo ElectionLawJournalo AsianJournalofComparativeLawo UniversityofTorontoLawJournalo LesCahiersdeDroito NewCriminalLawReviewo CanadianJournalofLawandSocietyo StudiesinReligion/SciencesReligieuses
o AlbertaLawReviewo UniversityofBritishColumbiaLawReviewo SaskatchewanLawReviewo ReviewofConstitutionalStudieso Queen’sLawJournalo OsgoodeHallLawJournal
201420132013
2009,201220092009
2006,2008,2009,20102006,2007,2009,2010,
2011,20122004,2005,2008,2012
2005200520042004
2008,2011
• ReviewofFundingProposalso SSHRC–ExternalReviewerforGeneralResearchGrant
2006,2010,2012,2013
Papers,Lectures,andAddresses
• “Law’sReligion:ReligiousDifferenceandtheClaimsofConstitutionalism”(Invited)
January2016
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o FacultyofLaw,Queen’sUniversityo FacultySpeakerseries
• “TheMetastasizationofProportionalityinCanadianConstitutionalLaw”(Invited)
o ConstitutionalLawConference2015o CentreforComparativeConstitutionalStudieso UniversityofMelbourneLawSchool
July2015
• “CrisesofSecularism,CrisesofConstitutionalism?”(Invited)o FacultySeminarSerieso CentreforComparativeConstitutionalStudiesandthe
AustralianSocietyofLegalPhilosophyo UniversityofMelbourneLawSchool
July2015
• “CrisesofSecularism,CrisesofConstitutionalism?”(Invited)o FacultySeminarSerieso FacultyofLaw,UniversityofNewSouthWales
July2015
• “IssuesinSecularismandthe‘Secular’State”(Invited)o "Religiónenlaesferapública--Ley,derechosylaluchapor
elcuerpo"(ReligioninthePublicSphere--Law,RightsandtheStrugglefortheBody)
o HemisphericInstitute,NYUo HeldinBuenosAres,Argentina
June2015
• “CrisesofSecularism,CrisesofConstitutionalism:TetheredFates?”(Invited)
o Conferenceon“ConstitutionalisminCrisis:MultipleDimensions”
o HalbertCentreforCanadianStudies,TheHebrewUniversityofJerusalem
June2015
• “Religion,Education,andthe‘Crisis’inStateNeutrality”(Invited)
o FacultyofLaw,UniversityofAlberta
February,2015
• “Law’sReligion:ReligiousDifferenceandtheConceitsofConstitutionalism”(Invited)
o DepartmentofPoliticalScienceSpeakerSeriesonReligion,LawandPolitics
o NorthwesternUniversity
February2015
• “BelongingtoLaw:ReligiousDifference,Secularism,andCivicInclusion”(Invited)
o LansdowneLectureo UniversityofVictoria
December2014
• “EpistemicDisorderinContemporaryJustice:WhatweseeinthecaseofR.v.N.S.”
o CanadianAssociationofLawandSocietyAnnualConferenceo Winnipeg,MB
June2014
• “BuildingNegativeCapability–TheTaskofLegalEducation?”o CanadianAssociationofLawTeacheresAnnualConference
June2014
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o Winnipeg,MB
• “FaithinSovereignty:Religion’sRoleinthePoliticsofCanadianFederalism”
o CentralisimooSecessione?GliStatidecentratidifronteallacrisieconomica
o UniversitadiBologna,Italy
May2014
• “Secularism,Sovereignty,andSymbols:TheCaseofQuebecandits‘CharterofValues’”(Invited)
o MaurerSchoolofLawo UniversityofIndiana,Bloomington
April2014
• “SovereigntyandSecularism/QuandariesofBelonging”(Invited)
o SymposiumonReligion&Politics–HemisphericInstituteofPerformanceandPolitics
o NewYorkUniversity,NewYork
April2014
• Panelon“ReligiousFreedomandReligiousInterventionism”(Invited)
o InternationalStudiesAssociationAnnualMeetingo Toronto,Ontario
March2014
• “TheRuleofLawandtheUnrulinessofReligion”(Invited)o BerkeleyCenterfortheStudyofReligiono UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley
March2014
• “Religion,Education,andthe‘Crisis’inStateNeutrality”(Invited)
o ConstitutionalRoundtableo FacultyofLaw,UniversityofToronto
January2014
• Religion,Education,andthe‘Crisis’inStateNeutrality”(Invited)
o SeniorCommonRoomSerieso UniversityCollege,UniversityofToronto
November2013
• “Canada’sEvidenceRevolution”(Invited,withtheHon.IanBinnie)
o CanadianInstitutefortheAdministrationofJusticeAnnualMeeting
o Toronto,ON
October2013
• “Religion,Education,andthe‘Crisis’inStateNeutrality”(Invited)
o ReligiousFreedomandEducation:APluralism,Religion,andPublicPolicySymposium
o FacultyofReligiousStudies,McGillUniversity
October2013
• “EducatingSecularism:TheLegalStatusofStateEducationintheManagementofReligiousDiversity”
o 2013CLSAandLSAANZJointAnnualMeetingso FacultyofLaw,UBC
July2013
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• “MentalDisorderandtheInstabilityofBlameinCriminalLaw”o 2013MichelProulxMemorialLectureinCriminalLawo FacultyofLaw,McGillUniversity
April2013
• “BelongingtoLaw:ReligiousDiversityandtheConditionsofCivicInclusion”(Invited)
o InvitedbytheChairederechercheduCanadasurlesidentitésjuridiquesetculturellesnord-américainesetcompares
o UniversitédeMontréal,Quebec
February2012
• “BelongingtoLaw:ReligiousDiversityandtheConditionsofCivicInclusion”
o Socio-LegalStudiesLectureSerieso YorkUniversity,Toronto,Ontario
October2012
• AnnualLawandReligionRoundtable(Invited)o HarvardUniversity
June2012
• “ReligiousLegalPluralismandDemocraticBelonging”o InternationalConferenceonLawandSocietyo Honolulu,Hawaii
June2012
• “Rights,Conscience,andtheProjectofJustice”(Invited)o SocialJusticeandHumanRightsWorkshop,Institutefor
ChristianStudieso Toronto,Ontario
April2012
• “BelongingtoLaw:ReligiousDiversityandtheConditionsofCivicInclusion”(Invited)
o Workshopon“CivicEnculturation”o InstitutefortheStudyofCulture,Religion,andWorldAffairs
(CURA),BostonUniversity,Boston,Mass
April2012
• “InducingFundamentalisms:LawasaCulturalForceintheDomainofReligion”(Invited)
o OntarioHumanRightsCommissionWorkshoponCreedo Toronto,Ontario
January2012
• “CompetingConstitutionalNarratives:TheCaseofCanada”(Invited)
o ConferenceonComparativeConstitutionalCultureso EuropeanUniversityInstitute,Florence(remotely)
January2012
• RoundtableonCollectiveRights(Invited)o FacultyofLaw,WesternUniversityo London,ON
January2012
• “TryingReligion:Multiculturalism,Religion,andLawinCanada”(Invited)
o AssociationforCanadianStudiesandCanadianEthnicStudiesAssociationAnnualMeeting
o Ottawa,Ontario
September2011
• “TheAestheticsofReligiousFreedom”(Invited) November2010
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o Workshopon“VarietiesofReligiousEstablishment”o St.ThomasUniversity,Fredericton,N.B.
• “MentalDisorderandtheInstabilityofBlameintheCriminalLaw”
o Workshopon“RethinkingCriminalLawTheory”o OsgoodeHallLawSchool,Toronto,ON
September2010
• “WhatR.v.LatimerTellsusAboutourConstitutionalLives”o CanadianLawandSocietyAssociationAnnualMeetingo ConcordiaUniversity,Montreal,QC
June2010
• “Mercy,Conscience,andConstitutionalism:PerspectivesfromtheCriminalLaw”
o CanadianLawandSocietyAssociationMid-WinterMeetingo YorkUniversity,Toronto,ON
February2010
• “TheAbidingPresenceofConscience:CriminalJusticeAgainsttheLawandtheModernConstitutionalImagination”
o InternationalWorkshoponConstitutionalismandtheCriminalLaworganizedbytheFacultiesofLawatTelAvivUniversityandtheUniversityofToronto
o UniversityofToronto,Toronto,ON
September2009
• “ASymposiumonLawandSuffering”o ChairandPresentero FacultyofLaw,UniversityofVictoria,Victoria,BC
August2009
• “TheAdjudicativeChallengesofMulticulturalism”o NationalJudicialInstitute:JointCourtofQueen’sBenchof
ManitobaandCourtofQueen’sBenchforSaskatchewanEducationSeminar
o Onanole,MB
June2009
• “IsReligiousMulticulturalismaNobleLie?”o CanadianLawandSocietyAssociationAnnualConferenceo CarletonUniversity,Ottawa,Ontario
May2009
• “OfRetributionandRestoration:TheoriesofPunishmentattheB.C.CourtofAppeal”
o CanadianLawandSocietyAssociationAnnualConferenceo CarletonUniversity,Ottawa,Ontario
May2009
• “AMoreLastingComfort?ThePoliticsofMinimumSentences,theRuleofLawandR.v.Ferguson”
o 2008ConstitutionalCasesConferenceo OsgoodeHallLawSchool,Toronto,Ontario
April2009
• “JusticeAgainsttheLaw:CompassionandtheExceptioninModernCriminalLaw”
o AnnualMeetingoftheAssociationfortheStudyofLaw,CultureandtheHumanities
o SuffolkLawSchool,Boston,Massachusetts
April2009
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• “TheCulturalLimitsofLegalToleration”o PublicLecturefortheCentreforStudiesinReligionand
Society,UniversityofVictoriao Victoria,B.C.
February2009
• “TheLogicofProportionalityReviewandtheCriminalLaw:InstitutionalandCulturalPerspectives”
o InternationalWorkshoponConstitutionalismandtheCriminalLaworganizedbytheFacultiesofLawatTelAvivUniversityandtheUniversityofToronto
o TelAviv/DeadSea,Israel
December2008
• “TheAdjudicativeChallengesofMulticulturalism”o NationalJudicialInstitute:ChallengesoftheMulticultural
Courtroom:EssentialToolsforCanadianJudgeso Toronto,ON
December2008
• “TheCulturalLimitsofLegalToleration”
o CanadianLawandSocietyAssociation/LawandSocietyAssociationGeneralmeeting
o Montreal,QC
May2008
• “TheCulturalLimitsofLegalToleration”o AnnualMeetingoftheAssociationfortheStudyofLaw,
CultureandtheHumanitieso UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley
March2008
• “TheCulturalLimitsofLegalToleration”o LegalTheoryWorkshopo FacultyofLaw,McGillUniversity,Montreal,QC
March2008
• ReligionThroughtheEyesofCanadianConstitutionalismo FacultyWorkshopo SchoolofLaw,UniversityCollege,Dublin,Ireland
February2008
• MoralJudgment,CriminalLaw,andtheConstitutionalProtectionofReligion
o FacultyandPublicPresentationo SchoolofLaw,UniversityofLimerick,Ireland
February2008
• MoralJudgment,CriminalLaw,andtheConstitutionalProtectionofReligion
o CanadianJuniorScholars'Conferenceo McGillUniversity,Montreal,Quebec
January2008
• DieuetMonDroit:APrimeronReligiousConscienceandtheRuleofLawinCanada
o NationalJudicialInstitute:EmergingIssuesSeminaro St.Andrew's,NB
October2007
• MoralJudgment,ReligiousFreedom,andtheCriminalLawo NationalconferenceontheCharterandCriminalJusticein
Canadao OsgoodeHallLawSchool,Toronto,Ontario
September2007
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• Religion,theCharterandCross-CulturalEncountero SaskatchewanInstituteofPublicPolicy,"ALivingTree:The
Legacyof1982inCanada'sPoliticalEvolution"o Regina,Saskatchewan
May2007
• TheCulturalLimitsofLegalToleranceo WesternCanadaEmergingScholarsIncubatorWorkshopo UniversityofBritishColumbia,Vancouver,BC
April2007
• TheCulturalLimitsofLegalToleranceo AfterPluralism:ReimaginingModelsofInterreligious
Engagemento UniversityofToronto
March2007
• DieuetMonDroit:APrimeronReligiousConscienceandtheRuleofLawinCanada
o NationalJudicialInstitute:FamilyLawSeminaro Victoria,BC
February2007
• DieuetMonDroit:APrimeronReligiousConscienceandtheRuleofLawinCanada
o NationalJudicialInstitute:EmergingIssuesSeminaro Montreal,QC
October2006
• LawandReligion:ContemporaryIssuesforLegalTheoryinCanada
o FacultyofLaw,UniversityofAlbertao Edmonton,Alberta
November2006
• OnDemocraticNormsintheAgeofTerrorismandTheIdealofaCommonMorality
o SIASInstituteon"ThePolitical:Law,CultureandTheology”o Berlin,Germany
July2006
• Law'sReligion:RenderingCultureo Law,ReligionandSocialChangeInternationalConference,
ANUo Canberra,ACT,Australia
May2006
• EqualityandtheShapeofConstitutions:PerspectivesonLegislativeRightsfromCanadaandtheUS
o CentreforComparativeConstitutionalStudieso UniversityofMelbourne,Melbourne,Australia
May2006
• Law'sReligion:CultureandCanadianConstitutionalismo AnnualMeetingoftheAssociationfortheStudyofLaw,
CultureandtheHumanitieso Syracuse,NY
March2006
• TheCulturalChallengeofReligiousFreedom:ReligiousConscienceandCanadianConstitutionalism
o UVicDean'sLectureSerieso Victoria,B.C.
November2005
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• CanadianConstitutionalLawasCultureo SIASInstituteon"ThePolitical:Law,CultureandTheology"o YaleUniversity,NewHavenCT
July2005• BanishedFromLiberty'sTemple:SentencingObjectivesandtheHistoricalConstructionoftheCriminal
o CanadianLawandSocietyAssociationAnnualConferenceo HarrisonHotSprings,BC
June2005
• TheCulturalChallengeofCanadianConstitutionalismo CanadianAssociationofLawTeachersAnnualConferenceo Vancouver,BC
June2005
• Activism,AppointmentsandDecision-makingattheSupremeCourtofCanada
o ProbusClub,Victoria,MonthlyMeetingo Victoria,BC
June2005
• ReflectionsonModernConstitutions,EmergingDemocraciesandtheRuleofLaw
o WorldFederalists,VictoriaChapter-GeneralMeetingo Victoria,BC
May2005
• TheBookofJob,Injustice,andthePrecariousnessoftheCriminalLaw
o AnnualMeetingoftheAssociationfortheStudyofLaw,Culture,andtheHumanities
o Austin,TX
April2005
• UnderstandingLawasCulture:MakingRoomforMeaninginthePublicSphere
o ConversationsonMarsHill:LectureSeriesontheIntersectionofReligionandCivilLife
o Edmonton,AB
December2004
TeachingExperience
• CriminalLaw(FirstYear)o LectureandSmallGroupo UniversityofVictoriaandOsgoodeHallLawSchool
2004–Present
• TheLawofEvidenceo Lectureo UniversityofVictoriaandOsgoodeHallLawSchool
2005–Present
• Law&Religiono Seminaro UniversityofVictoriaandOsgoodeHallLawSchool
2008–Present
• VarietiesoftheSecularo IntensiveSeminaro MonashUniversity,PratoCampus
2013;2014
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• LawinaGlobalContexto GraduateSeminaro OsgoodeHallLawSchool
2011–2012
• ProblemsofProof:AdvancedPerspectivesontheLawofEvidence
o GraduateSeminaro OsgoodeHallLawSchool,OsgoodeProfessional
Development
2014–Present
• FundamentalFreedoms(withProf.JamieCameron)o GraduateSeminaro OsgoodeHallLawSchool,OsgoodeProfessional
Development
2012
• CivilLibertiesandtheChartero Seminaro UniversityofVictoria
2006;2007
• TheLegalProcesso Seminaro UniversityofVictoria
2004–2011
• CriminalLawTermo IntensiveProgramo UniversityofVictoria
Spring2009
• CivilLibertiesandtheChartero UniversityofVictoria
2006–2007
GraduateSupervision
• SamaneHemat,Ph.D.,Lawo Supervisoro IndigenousPeoples,ReligiousFreedomAdvocacy,and
InternationalEconomicDevelopment
2014-Present
• DanaPhillips,LL.M.o Supervisoro “Let’sTalkAboutSexualAssault:Investigationthe
RelationshipBetweenSocialandLegalDiscourses”
2014-Present
• YaelMachtiger,Ph.D.,Socio-LegalStudieso CommitteeMembero “SoundsofSilence:AComparativeSocio-Legal
ExaminationofGet(Jewishdivorce)Refusal”
2011-Present
• JessicaMcKeachie,LL.M.o Supervisoro “RecoveringthePromiseofPublicTruth:Juridificationand
theLossofPublicPurposeinPublicInquiries”
2012-2014
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• HeatherKuiper,LL.Mo Supervisoro MajorResearchPaperonEqualityandPhilosophyofLaw
2012-2013
• JeanetteGevikoglu,LL.M.o Supervisoro “ReconcilingtheIrreconcilable?:IndigenousIdentityand
theCriminalJusticeSystem”
2010-2011
• GeoffreyConrad,LL.M.o Supervisoro “ExemplarsorExceptions:ImaginingConstitutionalCourts
inaReligiouslyDiverseSociety”
2010-2011
• IlonaCairns,LL.M.o Supervisoro “CrimesofEquality:theRacialProfilingParadoxof
Canada’s‘WaronTerror.’”
2008-2010
ServicetotheLegalProfession
• NationalJudicialInstitute,FacultyPresenter.o Participatedinover20conferences,including
§ NationalCriminalLawConference§ NewlyFederallyAppointedJudgesConference§ NationalEvidenceConference§ NationalFamilyLawSeminar§ SocialContextSeminars§ RegionalConferencesinAtlanticCanada,Ontario,
Manitoba
2006–Present
• BritishColumbiaContinuingLegalEducationSocietyo MasteringCivilEvidence
Spring2010
• CanadianAssociationforProvincialCourtJudges,Consultanto ConsultantonWebsiteProject–ReligionChapter
Spring2006
• Pro-BonoLegalConsultationonCridgeParkHomelessIssueo ConsultantonWebsiteProject–ReligionChapter
2005–2006
Advocacy
• CounselfortheCanadianCivilLibertiesAssociationo ArguedbeforetheSupremeCourtofCanadainthe
MatterofR.v.Carono Co-counselwithJosephJ.Arvay,Q.C.
April2010
VolunteerCommunityActivities
• CongregationEmanu-El 2009–2011
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o MembershipCommitteeChairandMemberoftheBoardofDirectors
• VictoriaRestorativeJusticeSocietyo Co-Chairo BoardMember
2008–2011
AdministrativeContributionstotheLawSchool
2014-2015
• ChairofAdmissionsCommittee• FacultyRecruitmentCommittee• OHFAGrievanceAdvisoryCommittee• DirectorofProfessionalLLMinCriminalLawandProcedure 2012-2013
• FacultyClerkshipCoordinator• AdmissionsCommittee• OHFABargainingCommittee• TenureandPromotionsAdjudicatingCommittee
2011-2012(Osgoode)
• FacultyClerkshipCoordinator• AdmissionsCommittee• TenureandPromotionsAdjudicatingCommittee
2010-2011(UniversityofVictoria)
• Co-DirectorofLegalProcess• FacultyClerkshipAdvisor• FacultyGraduateStudiesAdvisor• AdmissionCommitteeMember• J.I.D.ProgramCommittee• L.R.W.MootJudge• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(LawForAll)
2009-2010(UniversityofVictoria)
• FacultyClerkshipAdvisor• AdmissionCommitteeMember• AuthorofOpenMemoforLRW• Chair–HumanitarianAwardCommittee• B.I.L.ProgramCommittee• FacultyAdvisor–Dean’sAdvisoryCouncilonEthnicityandCulture• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(LawForAll)
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2007-2008(UniversityofVictoria)
• AdmissionsCommittee(FallOnly)• FacultyAdvisoryCommittee(Appointments)• FacultyClerkshipAdvisor• FacultyCoachoftheGaleMootTeam• FacultyCo-AdvisortotheDean’sAdvisoryCommitteeonEthnicityandCulture• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(LawforAll)
2006-2007(UniversityofVictoria)
• FacultyofLawHumanitarianAwardCommittee• FacultyClerkshipAdvisor• FacultyCoachoftheGaleMootTeam• FacultyCoordinator:ABANegotiationCompetition• FacultyAdvisortotheDean’sAdvisoryCommitteeonEthnicityandCulture• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(LawForAll)• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(CriminalLawClub)2005-2006(UniversityofVictoria)
• FacultyofLawCurriculumCommittee• FacultyofLawFirstYearCurriculumReviewWorkingGroup• FacultyofLawReappointment,PromotionandTenureCommittee• FacultyClerkshipAdvisor• FacultyCoachoftheGaleMootTeam• FacultyCoordinator:ABANegotiationCompetition• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(LawForAll)• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(WomenandConstitutionBuilding)• FacultyAdvisortoStudentGroup(WrongfulConvictions)• AssignedAuthorforFirstYearLRWOpenMemo
AdministrativeContributionstotheUniversity
• SenateCommitteeonAcademicStandards(FacultyofGraduateStudiesRepresentative,UVic)
2010–2011
• SenateCommitteeonAcademicStandardsPercentageGradingSub-Committee(FacultyofGraduateStudiesRepresentative,UVic)
2010–2011
• ReligiousStudiesMajorProgramCommittee(UVic) 2009–2011
• RingEditorialAdvisoryBoard(UVic) 2008–2011
• CompensationandBenefitsCommittee,FacultyAssociation(UVic)
2008–2009
• ProgramCommittee,CentreforStudiesandReligionandSociety 2005–2009
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(UVic)
• TaskForceonMandatoryRetirement,FacultyAssociation(UVic)
Summer2007
• DirectorSearchCommittee,CentreforStudiesinReligionandSociety(UVic)
Summer2007
ServicetothePublicandOtherProfessions
• CollegeofPhysiciansandSurgeonsofOntario,DisciplineCommittee
o APrimerontheLawofEvidence
April17,2012
• SocietyofOntarioAdjudicatorsandRegulatorso PrinciplesofEvidenceforAdministrativeDecision-
Makers
February1,2012
CommunityandProfessionalPresentations
• Presentero METRACforumonBillS-7,the“ZeroTolerancefor
BarbaricCulturalPracticesAct”
April15,2015
• “ConfoundingSecularism”o Presentationat“ReflectionsonReligion,Equality,and
Women’sRights”Symposiumo LEAF
January30,2015
• “StorytellingandtheLawsofEvidence”o PresentationtoGrade11EnglishClassontheLawsof
Evidence,CWJefferysCollegiateInstituteo LAWSProgram
December8,2014
• “SecularismandSovereigntyinCanada:Law,Religion,andPoliticsfromtheOriginsoftheNationtothe‘CharterofValues’”
o YorkCirclePresentationforYorkUniversity
September20,2014
• DistinguishedSpeakers’SeriespanelontheQuebecChartero OsgoodeHallLawSchool,YorkUniversity
October23,2014
• ConstitutionalFaith:CharterRightsandReligioninCanadao 6weekcommunitycourseo OfferedbyTheNoorCentre,CongregationEmanu-El,
andEmannuelCollege(UofT)
Spring2013
• “ConsentandDisclosure:ADiscussionofR.v.Mabior”o PresentationorganizedbyOsgoodeHallLawSchoolLegal
&LiterarySociety
October17,2012
• TheLawofSearchandSeizureinCanada:FoundationalPrinciplesandContemporaryChallenges
April7,2009
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o PresentationtoBrentwoodCollegeSchool(studentsingrades10-12)
• CommunityForumontheTentCityDecisiono PanelistcommentingonVictoriav.Adamsforaudienceof
localcommunityanduniversitystudents.
November17,2008
• ABriefIntroductiontoLaw:TheCaseofAssaultandR.v.Bertuzzi
o DeliveredtotheAboriginalStudentMini-UniversitySummerCamp
Summer2008Summer2007Summer2006Summer2004
• ConferenceonTerrorismandSecurityCertificateso ModeratorforUVicInternationalandHumanRightsLaw
AssociationEvent
March3,2007
• DieuetMonDroit:APrimeronReligiousConscienceandtheRuleofLaw
o DeliveredtotheVictoriaSecularHumanistSociety
Spring2007
• DueProcessintheCanadianCriminalJusticeSystemo DeliveredtotheDeputyDirectorGeneralandDelegatesof
theWuhanPublicSecurityBureau,People'sRepublicofChina
Summer2006
• Harm,MoralityandtheLimitsofCriminalLawo UVicSpeaker'sBureauo PresentedtotheInmatesofWilliamHeadPenitentiary
Summer2006
• ThePathtoLawSchoolo PresentedtotheConferenceofSecondarySchool
Counselorso UVicRecruitmentServices
Spring2006
• TheCulturalChallengeofReligiousFreedomso PresentedtotheJewishCommunityCentreofVictoriao UVicSpeaker'sBureau
Spring2006
• DueProcessintheCanadianCriminalJusticeSystemo DeliveredtotheDeputyDirectorGeneralandDelegatesof
theWuhanPublicSecurityBureau,People'sRepublicofChina
Spring2006
• TheCulturalChallengeofReligiousFreedomso PresentedtotheVictoriaSecularHumanistAssociationo UVicSpeaker'sBureau
Fall2005
• Participantina"Teach-In"ontheIdeaofthePassiveCitizeno UVicPoliticalScienceStudents'Association
Fall2005
• TheRationaleandMeritsofS.T.V.o PresentedtotheCommunityForumonElectoralReform
arrangedbytheEnvironmentalLawClub
Spring2005
• Participantina"Teach-In"onTerrorismandCivilLibertieso UVicPoliticalScienceStudents'Association
Spring2005
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• DueProcessintheCanadianCriminalJusticeSystemo DeliveredtotheDeputyDirectorGeneralandDelegatesof
theWuhanPublicSecurityBureau,People'sRepublicofChina
Fall2004