Biography

Richard Moon teaches both private and public law courses. His research focuses on freedom of expression, and freedom of conscience and religion. In 1994 he was awarded the first University of Windsor Humanities Research Fellowship. From 2003 to 2005 he was the President of the Canadian Law and Society Association. He has been the recipient of both the law school and university-wide teaching awards.  

His recent publications can be found at his SSRN author's page:  http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=390771
 

Key Works

• "Freedom of Religion in the Canadian Courts: The Limits of State Neutrality", UBC Law Journal, 2012 (forthcoming)
• Law and Religious Pluralism in Canada (ed.) (UBC Press, 2008).
• “Limits on Expression: The Collapse of the General Approach to Limits on Charter Rights” 40(3) Osgoode Hall Law Journal 335-368 (2002).
• The Constitutional Protection of Freedom of Expression (University of Toronto Press, 2000).
• "The Supreme Court of Canada on the Structure of Freedom of Expression", 45 University of Toronto Law Journal pp. 419-470 (1995).
• "Discrimination and Its Justification: Coping with Equality Rights Under the Charter" 26 Osgoode Hall Law Journal pp. 673-712 (1987).

Recent Presentations

• "Fundamental Freedoms", Osgoode Hall Annual Constitutional Cases Review, Toronto, May 2012.
• "Religious Accomodation under s.2(a) of the Charter",  Ontario Human Rights Consultation re Creed, York University Centre for Public Policy, Osgoode Hall, Toronto, March 2012.
• "Why Religious Freedom Issues Under the Charter Cannot Be Resolved Through Balancing", Public Lecture/Keynote Address, Creed and Human Rights, sponsored by the MultiFaith Centre, University of Toronto, and the Ontario Human Rights Commission, January 2012.
• "Occupy Vancouver and Freedom of Expression", Social Justice Action Network, UBC, Vancouver, November 2011
• "When Religion is the Subject of Hate Speech", Law and Society, Green College, UBC, Vancouver, November 2011.
• “The Limits of State Neutrality Towards Religion”, ICLARS Conference, Santiago, Chile, September 2011.
• Religion as the Subject of Hate Speech”, Beyond the Cartoon Crisis: Shouting Fire on the Global Stage, Workshop, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2011.
• “Freedom of Conscience”, Force of Laws Workshop, Centre for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto, May 2011.
• “Striking a Balance: Reconciling Competing Rights Claims Involving the LGBT Community”, Panel sponsored by Ontario Bar Association's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Committee, Toronto, March 2011.
• “Putting Faith in Hate: Religion as the Source and Subject of Hate Speech”, Public Seminar, Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto, March 2011.  
•  “What We Talk About When We Talk About Hate”, Panel sponsored by PEN Canada and the Toronto Public Library, Freedom to Read Week, Toronto Reference Library, February, 2011.
• "The False Promise of Religious Neutrality: Freedom of Religion under the Charter", Fellows Seminar, Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto, January 2011.