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CANADIAN LAW AND SOCIETY ASSOCIATION / ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE DROIT ET SOCIÉTÉ # B U L L E T I N 46 Fall/ Automne 2008 BULLETIN #44 The CLSA/ACDS Bulletin is produced twice a year for INSIDE: members of the Canadian Law and Society Association. The CLSA MEMBERSHIP/ purpose of the Bulletin is to CLSA EXECUTIVE & BOARD MEMBERS/ ADHÉSION À L’ACDS provide a forum for CLSA members to share information and CONSEIL D’ADMINISTRATION ET EXÉCUTIF DE L’ACDS……………………2 Membership in the Association includes a views on recent developments and subscription to the Canadian Journal of Law issues affecting law and society and Society (two issues per annum) & the research in Canada. CLSA EDITOR’S NOTICE / AVANT-PROPOS DE LA RÉDACTRICE………………..................3 CLSA/ACDS Bulletin. To join, use the members are invited to submit membership application form included in this editorials, notices of forthcoming issue of the Bulletin. publications and conferences, and CLSA PRESIDENT’S REPORT / LA other items of interest to members LETTRE DE LA PRÉSIDENTE DE L’ACDS, Debra Parkes………...…….............................3 L’adhésion à l’Association inclut l’abonnement of the Association. à la Revue Canadienne Droit et Société (deux CANADIAN JOURNAL OF LAW AND numéros par année) et au Bulletin de Le Bulletin de l'ACDS est publié l’ACDS/CLSA. Pour adhérer, utilisez le deux fois par an pour les membres SOCIETY / REVUE CANADIENNE DROIT ET SOCIÉTÉ….……………………………..4 formulaire publié dans le présent numéro. de l'Association Canadienne Droit et Société. L'objet du bulletin est d'offrir aux membres de l'ACDS MINUTES OF 2008 ANNUAL GENERAL la possibilité d'un échange MEETING………………………...................5 d'informations et de points de vue sur les nouveautés dans le MID-WINTER MEETINGS/CONFÉRENCE domaine de la recherche en droit DE LA MI-HIVER……………...………...…6 et société au Canada. Les membres de l'ACDS sont invités à 2008 MEETINGS OF THE CLSA IN soumettre des éditoriaux, des avis OTTAWA................…………………….......7 de publications ou conférences à venir, et toutes autres annonces ANNOUNCEMENTS……….…………...….7 qui pourraient intéresser les membres de l'Association. MEMBERSHIP FORM / FORMULAIRE D’ADHÉSION………..…………..….…9-10 Contact/Contactez : Kimberley White, Editor /Rédactrice, CLSA/ACDS Bulletin, Law & Society Program, Division of Social Science, S734 Ross Building, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3 Télécopieur/Facsimile: 416 736-5615 Adresse électronique/Email address kjwhite@yorku.ca website / site Web: http://www.acds-clsa.org/en/
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Fall/ Automne 2008 CLSA Bulletin #46 Page 2 CLSA EXECUTIVE & BOARD/ Carleton University Class of 2011 C562 Loeb Building CONSEIL D’ADMINISTRATION Ottawa ON K1S 5B6 Annie Bunting ET EXÉCUTIF DE L’ACDS ncarrier@connect.carleton.ca Law & Society Program Tel: 613-520-2600 ext. 1237 Division of Social Sciences CLSA OFFICERS/EXECUTIVE York University Dianne George S704 Ross Debra Parkes 2008 Coordinator, Annual Meeting Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 President Department of Law abunting@yorku.ca Faculty of Law Carlton University Tel: 416-736-2100 ext. 20500 University of Manitoba C473 Loeb Building 224 Dysart Road Ottawa ON K1S 5B6 Michel Coutu Winnipeg MB R3T 4Z2 dgeorge@connect.carleton.ca CJLS/RCDS French Co-Editor debra_parkes@umanitoba.ca Tel: 613-520-2600 ext. 2084 Faculty of Arts & Sciences - School of Tel: 204-474-9776 Industrial Relations / Faculté des arts et de Neil Sargent sciences - École de relations industrielles Kirsten Kramer 2008 Coordinator, Annual Meeting Univeristy of Montreal / Université de Vice-President Department of Law Montréal Department of Sociology Carlton University C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville University of Winnipeg C473 Loeb Building Montréal, QC H3C 3J7 515 Portage Avenue Ottawa ON K1S 5B6 michel.coutu@umontreal.ca Winnipeg, MB R3G 1A4 neil_sargent@carleton.ca Tel : 514-343-6095 k.kramar@uwinnipeg.ca Tel: 613-520-2600 ext. 8853 kkramar@shaw.ca Renisa Mawani Tel: 204-786-9187 Kimberley White Department of Sociology CLSA/ACDS Bulletin Editor University of British Columbia Richard Weisman Law & Society Program 2329 West Mall Vice-President Division of Social Sciences Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 Law & Society Program York University renisa@interchange.ubc.ca Division of Social Sciences S 734 Ross Tel: 604-822-6494 York University Toronto ON M3J 1P3 S 739 Ross kjwhite@yorku.ca Class of 2010 Toronto ON M3J 1P3 Tel: 416-736-2100 ext. 20546 rweisman@yorku.ca Melanie Méthot Tel: 416-736-2100 ext. 70452 DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE Augustana Faculty University of Alberta Dawn Moore Article 4.3 N213 North Hall Secretary (a)“The Board of Directors of the Association Camrose, AB T4V 2R3 CJLS/RCDS Managing Editor shall consist of the Officers described at article melanie.methot@ualberta.ca Department of Law 4.1 (Officers), nine Directors-at-Large and two Tel: 780-679-1518 Carlton University student Directors. C473 Loeb Building (b) Directors at Large shall serve three year Dwight Newman Ottawa ON K1S 5B6 terms, and three Directors-at-Large shall be College of Law moore@ccs.carleton.ca replaced every year [when their three year University of Saskatchewan Tel: 613-520-2600 ext. 3823 terms expire]. Student directors are elected for 15 Campus Drive one or two year terms. Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A6 Augustine Park dwight.newman@usask.ca Treasurer Student Directors Tel: 306-966-4847 Department of Sociology and Anthropology Carleton University Suzanne Bouclin Marie Andrée-Jacob B744 Loeb Building Graduate Student Representative School of Law Augustine_SJ_Park@carleton.ca Faculty of Law Keele University Tel: 613-520-2600 ext. 2593 McGill University Staffordshire, UK Montreal, QC ST5 5BG Mariana Valverde metarhetoric@yahoo.ca m.jacob@law.keele.ac.uk CJLS/RCDS Editor/Rédactrice Tel: +44 (0)1782 583218 ext. 3860 Centre of Criminology Nicole O’Byrne University of Toronto Graduate Student Representative Class of 2009 130 St. George Street, Suite 8001 Faculty of Law Toronto ON M5S 3H1 University of Victoria Rebecca Johnson m.valverde@utoronto.ca Murray and Anne Fraser Building Faculty of Law Tel: 416-978-6438 ext. 229 Victoria BC V8W 3H7 University of Victoria nobyrne@uvic.ca Murray and Anne Fraser Building Nicolas Carrier Victoria, BC V8W 3H7 2008 Coordinator, Annual Meeting rjohnson@uvic.ca Institute of Criminology & Criminal Justice Tel: 250-721-8187
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Fall/ Automne 2008 CLSA Bulletin #46 Page 3 communiqué des annonces de parutions As always, the work of the CLSA is entirely Diane Crocker récentes et autres annonces que vous trouverez volunteer-driven, and I am grateful to all of FedCan Representative à la fin du Bulletin. Merci également à you for your participation. Department of Sociology & Criminology Dominique Nanoff, dont les services de St.Mary's University McNally South 408 traduction sont toujours appréciés. Veuillez Joint CLSA-CALT Task Force on Legal 923 Robie Street également inscrire à votre agenda la prochaine Education Halifax, NS B3H 3C3 conférence de la mi-hiver, qui se déroulera à diane.crocker@smu.ca Halifax, à la St. Mary’s University, les 24 et 25 Earlier this year, CLSA members who teach Tel: 902-420-5875 janvier prochains. Mes remerciements à Diane and research in Canadian law faculties became Crocker et à Jane McMillan pour l’orga- aware that the Federation of Law Societies had Jane McMillan nisation de cet événement qui promet d’être struck a Task Force on the Accreditation of Department of Anthropology passionnant. Voyez l’information qui vous est Canadian Common Law Degrees. Among St. Francis Xavier donnée à ce sujet dans le Bulletin. other issues raised by the Task Force, concerns PO Box 5000 have been expressed about the implications for Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5 Je vous souhaite un bel hiver, socio-legal teaching and scholarship of the ljmcmill@stfx.ca Kimberley White proposal to articulate “framework Tel: 902-867-5021 competencies” (doctrinal knowledge, skills, etc.) that law school graduates must PRESIDENT’S REPORT demonstrate to be eligible for admission to the EDITOR’S NOTE legal profession. One of the great strengths of our relatively Greetings! Well, fall has settled in, which The CLSA and the Canadian Association of small Association is the diversity of its means it is time to report on the many Law Teachers have struck a joint committee of membership: there is diversity of disciplines, activities of the Canadian Law and Society CLSA/CALT members with expertise in geography, perspectives, identities, and more. Association over the past several months. This matters of legal education, socio-legal research One only has to flip through the pages of the edition of the Bulletin includes the President’s and scholarship to prepare a position paper to Canadian Journal of Law & Society or peruse Report from Debra Parkes, the Minutes of the be submitted to the Task Force. That joint the program schedule from one of our recent 2008 Annual General Meeting in Montreal, a committee, which is chaired by Roderick annual meetings to see the diversity of call for participation in the upcoming 2009 MacDonald of McGill, and includes Diana disciplinary approaches and research topics. meeting of the CLSA in Ottawa, and the Majury (Carleton), Richard Devlin complete table of contents for the latest edition (Dalhousie), Hester Lessard (UVic), and Annie On the subject of greater geographic diversity, of the Canadian Journal of Law and Society. Rochette (UQAM), will be working we are pleased to be holding our Mid-Winter Much thanks to everyone who responded to the throughout the Fall on its report to be Meeting on the East Coast. This is a first for call for announcements and publications, listed submitted to the Task Force in December the CLSA, I believe, and long overdue. We at the end of the Bulletin, and to Dominique 2008. We have also struck an Advisory look forward to meeting at St. Mary’s Nanoff for her always appreciated assistance Committee consisting of Constance University in Halifax on January 23rd and 24th, with translation. Also, please take special Backhouse, Harry Arthurs, Wes Pue, Susan 2009. Diane Crocker (St. Mary’s) and Jane notice that our Mid-winter Meeting will be Boyd, Martha Jackman, John Burrows, Lorne McMillan (St. Francis Xavier) planning the held at St. Mary’s University in Halifax on Sossin, and Kim Brooks, all of whom will also program and we can anticipate a rich day of January 24 and 25. Thanks to Diane Crocker bring their considerable expertise to bear on workshops and panels, along with some and Jane McMillan for organizing what the issues. I thank everyone who is working maritime hospitality, perhaps even a kitchen promises to be a wonderful event. More details on this important initiative. I urge you to read party! inside! the Task Force’s Discussion Paper which can be found at Looking a little further ahead, we will be Stay warm, everyone. http://www.flsc.ca/en/whatsnew/whatsnew.asp convening at Carleton University in Ottawa Kimberley White and contact Rod MacDonald at next May for our Annual Meeting, as part of roderick.macdonald@mcgill.ca if you wish to the Congress of Social Sciences & Humanities. share any comments with the joint committee. One goal for the 2009 meetings is to build on AVANT-PROPOS DE LA the success of the Montreal meetings by Debra Parkes RÉDACTRICE working to increase the level of exchange between English and French-speaking socio- Bonjour à tous! L’automne étant déjà bien legal scholars. We are grateful for the funding avancé, le temps est venu de vous faire un from Canadian Heritage that made some LA LETTRE DE LA PRÉSIDENTE compte-rendu des nombreuses activités qui se simultaneous translation possible in Montreal and we hope to make use of such funding L’une des forces que possède notre sont déroulées ces derniers mois au sein de again in Ottawa. The organizing committee association, somme toute relativement petite, l’Association canadienne droit et société. Dans for next year’s conference to be held May 23- est la diversité de ses membres, que ce soit par ce numéro de notre Bulletin, vous trouverez la 25, 2009 is headed up by Nicolas Carrier leur appartenance géographique, identitaire ou Lettre de notre présidente Debra Parks, le (Institute of Criminology & Criminal Justice, disciplinaire, ou leurs points de vue, pour ne procès-verbal de l’Assemblée générale Carleton), Dianne George (Law, Carleton), and mentionner que ceux-ci. Il suffit de parcourir annuelle 2008 qui s’est tenue à Montréal (en Neil Sargent (Law, Carleton). We look forward les pages de la Revue Canadienne Droit et anglais seulement), une convocation à to three days of engaging panels, graduate Société ou le programme d’une de nos l’assemblée annuelle 2009 de l’ACDS à student events, and opportunities to connect réunions annuelles pour constater la richesse Ottawa et la table des matières de la nouvelle with colleagues from across the country. See des approches disciplinaires et des sujets édition de la Revue Canadienne Droit et the call for papers later in this Bulletin. étudiés. Société. Un grand merci à ceux et celles qui ont répondu à notre appel et nous ont
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Fall/ Automne 2008 CLSA Bulletin #46 Page 4 Pour ce qui est de notre richesse géographique, la proposition de définir le cadre des team at cjls_rcds@carleton.ca. For detailed nous aurons bientôt l’occasion de l’apprécier, compétences (doctrine juridique, habiletés etc.) submission instructions please visit: puisque c’est sur la côte Est que se tiendra dont les diplômés des écoles de droit doivent http://www.utpjournals.com/cjls/cjls.html#sub. notre réunion de la mi-hiver. Il s’agit là, si je faire preuve pour être admissibles aux ne me trompe, d’une première depuis professions juridiques. longtemps attendue pour l’ACDS. Nous nous NOUVELLES DE LA REVUE réjouissons à la perspective de cette rencontre L’ACDS et l’Association canadienne des CANADIENNE DROIT ET SOCIÉTÉ qui aura lieu les 23 et 24 janvier 2009 à professeurs de droit ont créé un comité mixte Halifax, à la St. Mary’s University. Diane regroupant des membres des deux associations Le Conseil de rédaction de la Revue Crocker (St. Mary’s) et Jane McMillan (St. qui possèdent une expertise dans les questions Canadienne Droit et Société a le plaisir de Francis Xavier) en ont organisé le programme relatives à l’enseignement du droit, à la vous annoncer la parution imminente du et nous prévoyons une journée d’ateliers et de recherche socio-juridique et à l’art professoral, volume 23 n° 1 de la Revue. Ce numéro, qui discussions particulièrement fructueuse, en vue d’élaborer une déclaration de principe sera accessible en ligne à la fin décembre agrémentée de l’hospitalité maritime et, qui à soumettre au Comité d’étude. Ce comité 2008, vous sera livré par la poste dans le sait, d’une éventuelle soirée cabaret selon la mixte qui est présidé par Roderick MacDonald courant du mois de janvier. Le volume 24 n° 1 tradition locale! de l’Université McGill et compte dans ses de la Revue sera publié au printemps 2009. rangs Diana Majury (Carleton), Richard Devlin Comme par le passé, tous les membres de Un peu plus tard dans l’année, nous nous (Dalhousie), Hester Lessard (University of l’ACDS sont invités à soumettre des articles retrouverons à Ottawa, à la Carleton University Victoria) et Annie Rochette (l’UQAM), pouvant avoir un intérêt pour la recherche dans pour notre réunion annuelle 2009, qui aura lieu travaillait cet automne à la rédaction d’un le domaine socio-juridique. Les textes doivent en mai dans le cadre du Congrès annuel des rapport qui sera soumis au Comité d’étude en être soumis au Conseil de rédaction à l’adresse sciences humaines. L’un des objectifs que nous décembre 2008. Nous avons également mis sur cjls_rcds@carleton.ca. Pour plus de nous sommes fixés pour 2009 est de miser sur pied un Comité consultatif composé de renseignements sur la façon de procéder, le succès des rencontres de Montréal afin Constance Backhouse, Harry Arthurs, Wes rendez-vous à la page: d’intensifier les échanges entre chercheurs Pue, Susan Boyd, Martha Jackman, John http://www.utpjournals.com/cjls/cjls.html#sub. anglophones et francophones du domaine Burrows, Lorne Sossin et Kim Brooks, qui socio-juridique. Nous remercions Patrimoine contribueront tous, par leur grande Pour vous donner un aperçu du contenu du canadien dont l’aide financière nous a permis compétence, à faire progresser l’étude du volume 23 n° 1 de la Revue, en voici la table d’offrir des services d’interprétation dossier. Je remercie tous ceux de nos membres des matières. simultanée durant l’événement. Nous espérons qui travaillent à cet important projet. Je vous pouvoir de nouveau mettre à profit cette aide à recommande de lire le document de travail du l’occasion de notre conférence d’Ottawa qui Comité d’étude, à l’adresse suivante : Canadian Journal of Law and Society aura lieu les 23, 24 et 25 mai 2009. Nicolas http://www.flsc.ca/en/whatsnew/whatsnew.asp Revue Canadienne Droit et Société Carrier (Institute of Criminology & Criminal et de communiquer vos commentaires Volume 23, No 1 Justice, Carleton) dirige le comité organisateur éventuels par courriel au Comité mixte, à 2008 de cet événement, épaulé par Dianne George et l’adresse roderick.macdonald@mcgill.ca. Neil Sargent (tous deux du département de Table of Contents droit de Carleton). Nous nous attendons à trois Debra Parkes journées passionnantes, avec panels de Editor’s Introduction discussions captivantes, activités pour étudiants diplômés et occasions multiples Editorial Board Biographies d’échanger avec nos collègues de tout le pays. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF LAW Permettez-moi d’attirer votre attention sur la AND SOCIETY / REVUE Articles: demande de communications lancée en vue de CANADIENNE DROIT ET cet événement et qui figure à la fin du présent 1. Diana Young/Claims for Recognition and Bulletin. SOCIÉTÉ the Generalized Other: The Reasonable Person and Judgment in Criminal Law Comme toujours, les activités de l’ACDS sont menées à titre bénévole. Je vous remercie tous Editor/Directrice de la rédaction : 2. Emmanuelle Bernheim/L’expertise vivement de votre collaboration. Mariana Valverde, Centre of Criminology, psychiatrique : une preuve ‘ordinaire’? University of Toronto. m.valverde@utoronto.ca 3. Kiera L. Ladner/Caroline Dick / Out of Comité mixte ACDS-ACPD et Groupe the Fires of Hell: Globalization as a d’étude sur le diplôme canadien en common Solution to Globalization - an Indigenist law JOURNAL REPORT Perspective Il y a quelques mois, les membres de l’ACDS 4. Sebastien Grammond/ L’appartenance qui se consacrent à l’enseignement et à la The Canadian Journal of Law and aux communautés inuit du Nunavik : un recherche au sein des facultés de droit Society/Revue Canadienne Droit et Société is cas de réception de l’ordre juridique canadiennes ont pris connaissance de la mise excited to announce the publication of Volume inuit? sur pied par la Fédération des ordres 23, No. 1, which will appear online at the end professionnels de juristes du Canada, d’un of December, 2008, and in your mailbox in 5. Angela Campbell/Feminist Method in Groupe d’étude sur le diplôme canadien en January, 2009. Volume 24, No. 1 will be Bountiful common law. Parmi les points soulevés par le published in Spring, 2009. As always, CJLS 6. Barry Adam/ Effects of the Groupe d’étude, il a été notamment question welcomes submissions from all CLSA criminalization of HIV transmission in des répercussions que pourrait avoir sur members of articles on any topic of interest to Cuerrier on men reporting unprotected l’enseignement et la recherche socio-juridique the socio-legal academic community. sex with men Submissions can be submitted to the editorial
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Fall/ Automne 2008 CLSA Bulletin #46 Page 5 7. Kevin Walby/Hunting for Harm ARTICLES / INVITATION À PROPOSER ET COORDONNER UN We are electing six new board members NUMÉRO THÉMATIQUE because the Journal Editor position is now a Book Reviews: shared position. 1. Canfora, Luciano, La démocratie, histoire La Revue accepte de considérer pour Elected by acclamation. d’une idéologie publication une variété d’articles pourvu qu’ils Recensé par Virginie Mesguich, relèvent du champ vaste de Droit et Société. Les textes reçus sont soumis à l’évaluation 4) Approval of New By-laws Université de Montréal 2. von Hirsch, Andrew and A.P. Simester externe, telle que décrite dans la Revue et sur le Motion to repeal existing by-laws and pass the (eds), Incivilities: Regulating Offensive site de l ‘ACDS (acds-clsa.org). Elle poursuit new by-laws (which were approved by the Behaviour par ailleurs la tradition de publier Board in January 2008 and circulated to the Reviewed by Justin Piché, Carleton régulièrement des numéros à thème dont la membership in advance of the meeting) to be University coordination est confiée à des spécialistes, approved by the membership. 3. Ciotola, Pierre, La suspicion et le droit après proposition d’un synopsis au Comité de Moved: Kirsten Kramar [presentation d’Adrian Popovici] rédaction qui en décide. La rédaction vous Second: Mariana Valverde Recensé par Nicolas Desurmont invite finalement à nous soumettre des Carried propositions pour numéros thématiques 4. Dawn Moore, Criminal Artefacts: (contactez s.v.p : m.valverde@utoronto.ca). Governing Drugs and Users 5) Membership Report Reviewed by Kyle Grayson, Newcastle We need a membership drive to increase University CANADIAN LAW & SOCIETY membership numbers. Mariana Valverde 5. Grondin, Rachel, Les infractions contre la ASSOCIATION suggested that someone on the board work personne et contre les biens with Debra Parkes on a membership drive. Recensé par Nicolas Desurmont Jane McMillan and Nicole O’Byrne will strike a sub-committee to address membership 6. Comack, Elizabeth, Out There/In Here: MINUTES OF THE 2008 ANNUAL issues. Bruce noted that part of the problem is Masculinity, Violence and Prisoning GENERAL MEETING the new practice of membership renewal (that Reviewed by Kevin Walby, Carleton Congress will no longer collect memberships). University Montreal, June 1, 2008 This makes it impossible for us to make people join in order to participate in CLSA when it is 7. George S. Rigakos, Nightclub: Bouncers, In attendance: held with Congress. Risk, and the Spectacle of Consumption. Reviewed by Paul S. Moore, Ryerson Bruce Ryder, Kirsten Kramar, Mariana 6) Journal Report – Mariana Valverde University Valverde, Susan Boyd, Melanie Methot, (addendum) Marie-Andree Jacob, Kimberley White, Jane 8. Razack, Sherene H., Casting Out: The McMillan, Caroline Gendreau, Robert Leckey, Michel Coutu noted that his objective is to Eviction of Muslims from Western Law Rashmee Singh, Diane Crocker, Augustine attract more papers in French. and Politics Park, Nicole O’Byrne, Richard Weisman, Reviewed by Colleen Bell, University of Natalie Oman, Michel Coutu. 7) Financial Report Bristol 9. Sunera Thobani, Exalted Subjects: Studies 1) Approval of 2007 AGM Minutes Bruce Ryder (addendum). Bruce noted that we in the Making of Race and Nation in Moved: Bruce Ryder have a balance of approximately $20,000. Canada Second: Marie-Andree Jacob Bruce also noted that we were successful in Reviewed by Kerri A. Froc Carried securing funds from Ontario Law Foundation to fund students for travel. Because we had so 2) President’s Report (addendum) few students requesting financial support and CALL FOR PAPERS / INVITATION so much money Bruce suggested we drop the 3) Election of Directors qualification that students must present or TO PROPOSE AND GUEST EDIT A chair in order to get funding. The membership SPECIAL ISSUE Richard Weisman thanked outgoing board had no objection. members including Bruce Ryder for his service The Journal accepts to review and publish a as Treasurer and Ruth Murbach for her work as Bruce also suggested we increase the transfer variety of papers under the condition that they Journal editor. Also Jim Phillips and Fiona of funds from the Journal to the Association belong to the vast field of Law and Society. Kelly are completing their terms on the board from $13 to $20 per individual membership to Articles submitted undergo an external and the Association wishes to thank them for reflect the increased costs of membership. $20 evaluation procedure, as described in the the work they’ve done. of institutional membership fees and none of Journal and on CLSA’s website (acds- the student fees will continue to go to the clsa.org). We maintain the Journal’s tradition Nominees for five vacant positions: Association (as per established practice). to publish on a regular basis special thematic issues, guest edited by mandated specialists Mariana Valverde – RCDS/CJLS Editor The account will move to Carleton at the end whose proposals have been accepted by the Michel Coutu – RCDS/CJLS Editor of the summer when Augustine Park takes over Editorial Board. The editor invites you to Augustine Park - treasurer as the new treasurer. At that point we will submit proposals for special issues (for details, Annie Bunting – member at large change our financial practice such that the please contact: m.valverde@utoronot.ca). Anne Saris – member at large Association will be collecting membership fees Renisa Mawani – member at large and paying the Journal instead of the inverse. APPEL À NOUS SOUMETTRE DES
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Fall/ Automne 2008 CLSA Bulletin #46 Page 6 Law Societies and the other of the Law Society You can find info on the hotel at 8) Conference Report of Upper Canada. Such regulation might take www.lordnelsonhotel.com the form of lists of required competencies Annie Bunting (addendum) focused on traditional ‘core’ courses. Robert Annie noted that an early start made a huge asked to strike a subcommittee of CLSA to Draft Agenda difference. There were, however some draft a position paper responding to the two problems. One in particular relates to the issue task forces, in particular to the Federation’s Roundtable: Teaching Law and Society in of simultaneous translation. Annie was Consultation Paper due in June. Susan Boyd Canada successful in securing money from Heritage notes that the more mandatory requirements Canada for translation and suggests that an placed on law school pedagogy might reduce This roundtable will provide an opportunity for early application may result in more money. the enrolment of students in Law and Society participants to share information on the There was also discussion about how to courses and thus the eventual offering of such programs in which they teach. Building on last increase the level of francophone participation courses. This potential regulation is thus a key year's roundtable, it is hoped that participants and to promote bilingual panels, as well as issue for CLSA. will share concrete program information (such about whether we want to consider spending as syllabi, program outlines etc.) to help an honorarium on a plenary speaker? Committee may include Claire Young, Fred inform each other about the diversity of Zemans, Lucinda Vandervort, Samuel Trosow, opportunities for students interested in law and Richard thanked Annie and Rod for their work Natalie Oman, Bruce Ryder, Susan Boyd, society. It is further hoped that the roundtable on organizing. Robert Leckey & Kim Brooks. will also address issues, programmatic, pedagogical or intellectual, that arise out of the Motion to accept all reports. Motion to strike a committee to draft a typically interdisciplinary nature of law and Motion: Natalie Oman response to Federation of Law Societies Task society programs. Second: Diane Crocker. Force on Legal Education Report for board Carried approval prior to submission to the Task Force. Moved: Bruce Ryder Panel Presentation: Law and Society Research 9) Book & Article Prize Second: Susan Boyd in the Maritimes Carried The book and article prized were presented at This roundtable will feature researchers from the joint CLSA/LSA luncheon. Nicole O’Byrne noted that Rashmee Singh’s the Maritimes who will share their research term is up as the graduate student projects with particular attention to issues Article Prize: Bruce Feldthusen, “Civil representative. Thanks was expressed for arising in this region. Liability for Sexual Assault in Aboriginal Rashmee’s work. The graduate students will Residential Schools: The Baker Did It” (2007) elect a new representative at the Graduate 22:1 CJLS/Rcds 61-92 Student Workshop. Debate: The Ethics of Research or Research Ethics? Book Prize: Robert J. Sharpe & Patricia I. 12) Adjournment McMahon, The Persons Case: The Origins Following up on last year's discussion, this and Legacy of the Fight for Legal Personhood debate will have the presenters debate the (Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History MID-WINTER MEETINGS IN ethics of research versus the research ethics & University of Toronto Press, 2007) HALIFAX promoted by university research ethics boards. The thought here is to actually run a formal 10) World Consortium of Law and Society January 23 – 24, 2009 debate with a small team on either side. This Organizations Report session would be fun and interactive Your colleagues on the east coast are looking Mariana Valverde: This group had a meeting forward to seeing everyone at the mid-winter on Saturday. The Onati institute has built a meeting. The meeting will be held at Saint Sharing Circle web-site which will be made public. There are Mary's University January 23 and 24. We 200 organizations who will be invited to join expect to have one day of panels and/or This session will provide participants to update the consortium. Mariana is representing the workshops followed by a half-day business everyone on their latest work. This could CLSA. Motion for CLSA to join world meeting for the Board. Of course, we will also involve presentations of current research or consortium have time for the informal socializing and papers in progress. Participants could present Moved: Robert Leckey networking that makes the mid-winter meeting formally or informally. Second: Bruce Ryder such a pleasure to attend. If you'd like to make Carried suggestions on how to format the meeting, please contact Diane Crocker at Brainstorming Session of Annual Meeting 11) Other Business diane.crocker@smu.ca. This session will provide an opportunity to Robert Leckey briefed the AGM on the You should also contact Diane regarding brainstorm about panels that we could each put conference panel held yesterday with law special room rates ($115/night) at the Lord together for the Annual CLSA meeting in teachers concerned about the future regulation Nelson Hotel, which is nicely situated May. The aim is to ease the burden on the of legal education. The concern is that downtown and close to the university. If you conference chairs and to help each other provincial law societies are moving towards a would like to have her book a room please let identify people who may be interested in greater degree of direct regulation of programs her know by November 30 so she can ensure participating in such panels, extending beyond designed to graduate people such that they are that you get the rate. You won't be able to get our own networks. qualified for the bar. Two task forces are that rate if you call on your own. currently underway, one of the Federation of
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Fall/ Automne 2008 CLSA Bulletin #46 Page 7 upon funding, simultaneous translation for CONFERENCES / CALLS FOR some sessions might be available). Please PAPERS ANNUAL MEETING include a panel theme (if applicable), paper OF THE title(s), and abstract(s) of up to 250 words, 4. International Journal of the Legal CANADIAN LAW AND along with full institutional affiliations and Profession contact information for each presenter. If you SOCIETY ASSOCIATION are willing to participate as a panel chair, Theme: Impact of Legal Change on Legal please indicate this on your submission – your Practitioners UNIVERSITÉ CARLETON help is greatly appreciated. OTTAWA, ONTARIO The International Journal of the Legal 23-25 MAI 2009 Early expressions of interest are encouraged. Profession invites submissions for a The deadline for proposals is January 18, symposium on how legal changes impact the CARLETON UNIVERSITY 2009. day-to-day work of legal practitioners. The OTTAWA, ONTARIO types of issues that would be appropriate for MAY 23 – 25, 2009 Please forward proposals or question by email articles includes how legal change impacts to: Nicolas Carrier, program coordinator, such things as the market for specialized legal APPEL À CONTRIBUTIONS nicolas_carrier@carleton.ca practices, lawyers’ decision making practices about which cases to pursue, the way lawyers Relations capitales : nation, terroir, Information on conference registration, handle specific types of cases, or how lawyers territoire accommodation and other Congress activities work with experts; these topics are meant to be can be found at www.fedcan.ca/congress2009 suggestive not exhaustive. More specific L’Association canadienne droit et société a le examples in the U.S. context would include the plaisir de lancer un appel à contributions pour impact of tort reform, the Bankruptcy Reform son colloque annuel, qui se tiendra à ANNOUNCEMENTS Act of 2005, changes in immigration law in the l’Université Carleton du 23 au 25 mai 2009, wake of 9/11, the Private Securities Litigation dans le cadre du 78e congrès des sciences Reform Act of 1995, Sarbanes-Oxley Act of humaines. Nous entendons susciter des 1. New MA Program in Socio-Legal Studies 2002, and the Class Action Fairness Act 2005. contributions interdisciplinaires, en français Examples of legal changes in the UK that comme en anglais, à l’analyse des rapports York University has launched a new Masters might be considered are The Companies Acts, entre droit et société. Nous encourageons of Arts (MA) program in Socio-Legal Studies Charity Act 2006 and Legal Services Act fortement la proposition de panels with its first students arriving in September 2007. While the examples are drawn from the (francophones, anglophones ou bilingues). 2008. This interdisciplinary program builds on U.S. and the U.K., submissions dealing with Prière d’inclure dans votre proposition le titre York’s long tradition of law and society the impact of legal change on legal practice in de la contribution, un résumé d’au plus 250 teaching and research. Contributing faculty are other countries is strongly encouraged. mots, ainsi que l’appartenance institutionnelle leaders in the areas of international human et les coordonnées complètes des rights, socio-historical approaches to law, The symposium editor will be Professor conférencières et conférenciers. Les transnational policing, immigration and border Herbert Kritzer, William Mitchell College of propositions de panels devraient en indiquer le security, indigenous rights, and global Law (herbert.kritzer@wmitchell.edu). Authors thème. Merci de nous informer de votre intérêt financial crime. who have questions about whether their work à présider un panel lors du colloque. would be appropriate for the symposium For more information, please consult our should contact Professor Kritzer. La date limite pour la réception des website at http://www.yorku.ca/gradslst/ or All manuscripts should be submitted propositions est le 18 janvier 2009. contact: Richard Weisman, Director, electronically to the general editor, Professor Graduate Program in Socio-Legal Studies. Avrom Sherr, Institute of Advanced Legal Veuillez les faire parvenir à: Tel: 416-736-2100 ex.70452 Studies, University of London, Nicolas Carrier, responsable scientifique, rweisman@yorku.ca Avrom.Sherr@sas.ac.uk. Either Word or PDF nicolas_carrier@carleton.ca format is preferred. Manuscripts should be 2. UBC Faculty of Law - Graduate Student double-spaced, and authors should insure that Pour plus d’information sur les inscriptions, Reunion all identifying information (including that l’hébergement et autres sur le congrès, embedded by software) is removed prior to veuillez consulter www.fedcan.ca/congres2009 Join your classmates and current graduate submission. Because it is a peer-reviewed students in a celebration of graduate studies in journal, the International Journal of the Legal CALL FOR PAPERS Profession requires that manuscripts submitted Law at UBC. May 20-21, 2008, Vancouver, for consideration not be under simultaneous Capital Connections: nation, terroir, B.C. Held in conjunction with the "Law consideration by other journals. territoire Without Borders" graduate student conference. Manuscripts will be evaluated for publication The Program Committee of the Canadian Law For details and a registration form, go to: as submitted; the deadline for submission to & Society Association invites submissions for http://www.law.ubc.ca/events/2009/may/14th_ insure consideration is February 1, 2009. its 2009 conference, to be held May 23 – 25 at conf.html or contact Joanne Chung at Anticipated publication is late 2009. Carleton University in Ottawa. We welcome jchung@law.ubc.ca proposals for papers, in English or French, in any area of law and society scholarship and interdisciplinary legal studies. We also strongly encourage proposals for panels in English, French, or both languages (depending
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Fall/ Automne 2008 CLSA Bulletin #46 Page 8 PUBLICATIONS (2008) Release Date: 8/13/2008 NEWS ABOUT MEMBERS ISBN 9780774814614 Recently published books, edited collections, Constance Backhouse was awarded the and reports by members of the CLSA: Catherine E. Bell and Robert Paterson, eds. Killam Prize for Social Sciences in the spring Protection of First Nations Cultural Heritage of 2008, and made a Member of the Order of Hugo Cyr, Canadian Federalism and Treaty Laws, Policy, and Reform Canada on 1 July 2008. Her new book, Carnal Powers: Organic Constitutionalism at Work Release Date: 12/15/2008 Crimes: Sexual Assault Law in Canada, 1900- (Brussels: P.I.E. / Peter Lang, 2008). ISBN 9780774814638 1975 (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2008) was released in September 2008. She will be helping to Robert Leckey, Contextual Subjects: Family, Peggy J. Blair organize the Annual Meeting of the American State, and Relational Theory (Toronto: Lament for a First Nation Society for Legal History, which will be held University of Toronto Press, 2008). The Williams Treaties of Southern Ontario at the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa, 13-15 Release Date: 5/14/2008 November 2008. Peter H. Russell, Two Cheers for Minority ISBN 9780774815123 Government: The Evolution of Canadian Peter Russell has submitted an affidavit in the Parliamentary Democracy (Emond / Douglas C. Harris case of Stephen Harper v The Liberal Party of Montgomery, 2008.) Landing Native Fisheries Canada. This is a libel case in which Indian Reserves and Fishing Rights in British Mr. Harper is suing the Liberal Party for UBC Press is celebrating the 50th title in its Columbia, 1849-1925 Stephane Dion's statements in the House of Law and Society Series. Release Date: 5/27/2008 Commons and posted on the Party's website ISBN 9780774814195 accusing Mr. Harper of condoning an effort by This nationally recognized series began in Conservative Party officials to bribe the late 2001 with Gender and the Legal Profession by Hamar Foster, Benjamin Berger, and A.R. Chuck Cadman into voting to bring down the Joan Brockman, and The Grand Experiment, Buck, eds. Liberal government in May 2005. The affidavit edited by Hamar Foster, Benjamin Berger, and The Grand Experiment sets out why parliamentary democracy will be A.R. Buck, has just been released. Books in Law and Legal Culture in British Settler undermined if parliamentary accusations of the series treat law and society as mutually Societies government wrong-doing are transferred from constitutive and seek to bridge scholarship Release Date: 10/21/2008 parliament and the public arena into the courts. emerging from interdisciplinary engagement of ISBN 9780774814911 law with disciplines such as politics, social theory, history, political economy, and gender Richard Moon, ed. studies. A complete list of 2008 publications Law and Religious Pluralism in Canada is: Release Date: 10/10/2008 Catherine E. Bell and Val Napoleon, eds. ISBN 9780774814973 First Nations Cultural Heritage and Law Case Studies, Voices, and Perspectives
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