Faculty in the News

Prof. Kalajdzic comments on the recent settlement involving diluted chemotherapy drugs, and the limited access to justice benefits of class actions. “For class members who may be looking for more than just a settlement cheque, the class action model definitely has its limitations,” she stated.

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Windsor Law Professor Julie Macfarlane is quoted in the New York Times article regarding Muslim divorce and the disputed practice of "instant divorce" that is now up for debate in India's Supreme Court.

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Windsor Law Professor, Valarie Waboose, was interviewed by CBC News regarding the high number of indigenous children in the child welfare system. 

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University of Windsor Law Professor, Richard Moon, was quoted by The Walrus, regarding threats to freedom of speech following the cancellation of a lecture by conservative pundit, Ann Coulter, due to concern of safety and security at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Professor Anneke Smit wrote an article for Macleans Magazine titled, "Canadians have turned a blind eye to the Liberals’ refugee failures." In the article Smit posits that Canada’s big talk on refugees doesn’t align with the government’s private-sponsorship cap—which, she says, was swept under the rug.

Professor Bill Bogart, author of Off the Street: Legalizing Drugs? joins Calgary 770 to share his insight into this process.    

Professor John Cerone was interviewed on Fox 25 WFXT television regarding the European Court of Human Rights judgment rendered last week in relation to the Russian response to the Beslan terrorist attack. The Court found that Russia was responsible for a number of violations of the European Convention. Russia rejected the judgment and said that it would appeal. 

Professor John Cerone was interviewed by Al Jazeera English on April 12. In the interview, he discussed the judgment by the European Court of Human Rights in relation to the Beslan attack. He discussed the reviewability of judgments of the European court of human rights, and the balancing act required of states under human rights law in preventing and responding to abuses perpetrated by nonstate actors, such as the Beslan terrorists. 

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