Bulletin — automne 2006

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# BULLETIN 42 CANADIAN LAW AND SOCIETY ASSOCIATION / Newsletter / Nouvelles ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE DROIT ET SOCIÉTÉ Fall/ Automne 2006 BULLETIN #42 INSIDE: CLSA MEMBERSHIP/ The CLSA Bulletin is produced twice a year for members of the ADHÉSION À L’ACDS Canadian Law and Society CLSA EXECUTIVE & BOARD/ CONSEIL Membership in the Association includes a Association. The purpose of the D’ADMINISTRATION ET EXÉCUTIF DE subscription to the Canadian Journal of Law Bulletin is to provide a forum for L’ACDS……………………………………2 and Society (two issues per annum) & the CLSA members to share information and views on recent CLSA/ACDS Bulletin. To join, use the EDITOR’S NOTICE / AVANT-PROPOS DE membership application form included in this developments and issues affecting RÉDACTEURS, issue of the Bulletin. law and society research in Richard Weisman.............2 Canada. CLSA members are invited to submit editorials, L’adhésion à l’Association inclut CLSA PRESIDENT’S REPORT / LE l’abonnement à la Revue Canadienne Droit et notices of forthcoming RAPPORT DU PRÉSIDENT DE L’ACDS, Société (deux numéros par année) et au publications and conferences, and Mariana Valverde………...........................3-4 Bulletin de l’ACDS/CLSA. Pour adhérer, other items of interest to members of the Association. utilisez le formulaire publié dans le présent CANADIAN JOURNAL OF LAW AND numéro. SOCIETY / REVUE CANADIENNE DROIT Le bulletin de l'ACDS est publié ET SOCIÉTÉ.......................................…..4-5 deux fois par an pour les membres de l'Association Canadienne Droit MINUTES OF 2006 ANNUAL GENERAL et Société. L'objet du bulletin est MEETING……………………....................5 d'offrir aux membres de l'ACDS la possibilité d'un échange CALL FOR PAPERS/APPEL DE d'informations et de points de vue PARTICIPATION: CLSA/ACDS 2006 sur les nouveautés dans le CONFERENCE, TORONTO.....................6-7 domaine de la recherche en droit et société au Canada. Les MID-WINTER MEETINGS/CONFERENCE membres de l'ACDS sont invités à DE LA MI-HIVER ……………. …………7 soumettre des éditoriaux, des avis de publications ou conférences à OTHER INFORMATION/AUTRES venir, et toutes autres annonces INFORMATIONS……………………….8-9 qui pourraient intéresser les membres de l'Association. Contact/Contactez: Richard Weisman, Editor /Redacteus, CLSA/ACDS Bulletin, Law & Society Programme, Division of Social Science, S748 Ross Building, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3 Télécopieur/Facsimile: 416-736-5615 Courrier-E./E_Maile rweisman@yorku.ca website / le site web: http://www.acds-clsa.org/en/

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Fall/ Automne 2006 BULLETIN #42 page 2 CLSA EXECUTIVE & BOARD/ BOARD OF DIRECTORS Laura Watts (2007) CONSEIL Article 4.3 Program Director D’ADMINISTRATION ET (a)“The Board of Directors of the Association British Columbia Law Institute/ EXÉCUTIF DE L’ACDS shall consist of the Officers described at article 4.1 (Officers), nine Directors-at-Large and two Canadian Center for Elder Law Studies 1822 East Mall, UBC student Directors. Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1 CLSA OFFICERS: (b) Directors at Large shall serve three year Office: 604 822-0633 terms, and three Directors-at-Large shall be lwatts@bcli.org Mariana Valverde (President) replaced every year [when their three year Centre of Criminology terms expire]. Student directors are elected for University of Toronto one or two year terms. Student Directors-at-Large: m.valverde@utoronto.ca Directors-at-Large: Mosen Ahmed (Director-at-Large 2005-2007) Richard Moon (Past-President) Osgoode Hall Law Faculty of Law Annie Bunting (2009) York University University of Windsor Law & Society Toronto, ON Windsor, ON York University mohsenahmed@osgoode.yorku.ca rmoon@uwindsor.ca Phone: 736-2100 ext. 20500 Email: abunting@yorku.ca Emma Cunliffe (Director-at-Large 2005-2007) Debra Parkes (Vice-President) Office: S732 Ross PhD Candidate Faculty of Law, Faculty of Law, UBC University of Manitoba, Diane Crocker (2009) Vancouver, BC. Robson Hall, Sociology & Criminology (604) 221-1971 Winnipeg, St. Mary’s University McNally South 408 emma.cunliffe@gmail.com MB, R3T 2N2 Phone: 420-5875 Office: (204) 474-9776 diane.crocker@smu.ca Webmaster (ex-officio): debra_parkes@umanitoba.ca Pierre Noreau Hugo Cyr (2007) Kirsten Kramar (Vice-President) Directeur du CRDP Faculté de science politique et de droit Department of Sociology Adresse géographique Département des sciences juridiques University of Winnipeg 3101, chemin de la Tour, local : A-8452 Université du Québec à Montréal 515 Portage Ave Montréal (Québec) Canada, H3T 1J7 C.P. 8888, Succursale Centre-ville Winnipeg, MB Montréal, Québec R3G 1A4 Adresse postale Canada H3C 3P8 Office: (204) 786-9187 C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville (514) 987-3000 poste 8319 k.kramar@uwinnipeg.ca Montréal (Québec) Canada, H3C 3J7 cyr.hugo@uqam.ca Téléphone : (514) 343-7802 Bruce Ryder (Secretary-Treasurer) pierre.noreau@umontreal.ca Fiona Kelly (2008) Osgoode Hall Law School PhD Candidate York University Adjunct Professor Editor’s Note Toronto, ON Faculty of Law, UBC Included in this issue of the bulletin is the Office: 416-736-5548 Ph: 604 731 3637 President’s Report, minutes from our Annual bryder@osgoode.yorku.ca fjkelly@interchange.ubc.ca General meeting held at York University on Dwight Newman(Local Arrangements June 1, 2006, the report from the Editor of our Rebecca Johnson(2009) journal, Ruth Murbach, and the report of the Coordinator) Faculty of Law organizing committee for our forthcoming University of Victoria meeting in Saskatoon at the University of Richard Weisman (CLSA Bulletin Editor) PO Box 2400 Stn CSC Saskatchewan on May 31- June 2, 2007. Division of Social Sciences Victoria, BC V8W 3H7 Thanks to Jane McMillan, Local Arrangements S 739 rjohnson@uvic.ca Coordinator for the 2006 meetings at York York University (250) 721-8187 (tel) University , and the other members of the Toronto, ON Office 416 736-2100 ext 70452 organizing committee for their superlative Renisa Mawani (2008) efforts in attending to the many minutiae of rweisman@yorku.ca Department of Sociology & Anthropology annual conferencing as well as for facilitating University of British Columbia the many stimulating panels and sessions. Ruth Murbach (CLSA-ACDS Journal Editor) Vancouver, BC Diane Crocker, Lise Gotell, Kirsten Kramar, Faculté de science politique et de droit Office: (604) 822-6494 Melanie Methot, Dwight Newman, Nicole Département des sciences juridiques renisa@interchange.ubc.ca O’Byrne, and Jim Phillips are busy at work Université du Québec à Montréal C.P. 8888, Succursale Centre-ville organizing the sessions that will allow us to Dawn Moore (2008) continue our annual interdisciplinary dialogue Montréal, Québec Department of Law for 2007. Canada H3C 3P8 Carleton University Thanks to all of you who responded to the call (514) 987-3000 poste 8576 Ottawa, ON for announcements and publications. The murbach.ruth@uqam.ca dmoore@ccs.carleton.ca greater the response, the more useful this Tel: 520-2600 ext 3823 publication bulletin becomes.

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Fall/ Automne 2006 BULLETIN #42 page 3 Also, please note our Midwinter Meeting in opportunities for socializing with old friends CLSA members who are in or near Vancouver) Vancouver on January 18 and 19, 2007 and and meeting new members – an essential, if can present their work. The research day thanks to Renata Mawani and Fiona Kelly for not the essential, part of any successful (January 19) will be preceded by a keynote the work they have done to put it together. conference! A call for papers has been issued talk by socio-legal historian Tina Loo and a – check CLSA website for details. And in reception (evening of January 18). Other AVANT-PROPOS December, look out for details on the May 31st CLSA members are welcome to participate in DU RÉDACTEUR panels cosponsored with CALT and the Law the evening event, the research day and in the Deans (see below). Board meeting; contact Renisa Mawani for details. Vous trouverez dans le présent numéro de CLSA responds to the abolition of the Court notre bulletin électronique la Lettre du Challenges program and the Law Commission Looking to the future: joint LSA/CLSA Président, le compte-rendu de l’assemblée of Canada. As soon as the government meetings, Montreal 2008. As already reported générale annuelle qui s’est tenue en juin 2006 à announced the closing of these two to the membership in June 2006, the Law and l’Université York, le rapport de Ruth Murbach, organizations, the CLSA decided to organize a Society Association asked CLSA to cosponsor rédactrice de la Revue canadienne Droit et day during the Congress that will serve not a joint annual meeting in 2008 in Montreal, Société, ainsi que le rapport du comité only to protest Harper’s high-handed attack on and we agreed. Plans for this event will get d’organisation de notre prochaine rencontre legal resources, legal education and legal seriously underway in a few months, but we qui aura lieu à Saskatoon, à l’université de la research in this country but also to publicize have already ‘fingered’ a few people for the Saskatchewan, du 31 mai au 2 juin 2007. Nos and analyze the work done by these important program committee – a joint LSA-CLSA remerciements à Jane McMillan, coordinatrice bodies. The Council of Law Deans and the committee whose CLSA members are more or locale des préparatifs de l’assemblée 2006 à Canadian Association of Law Teachers less bilingual and bijuridical. l’Université York, et aux autres membres du (CALT) are cosponsoring the events, and the comité organisateur pour leur excellent travail Law Deans are kindly providing some Finally, thanks once more to Ruth Murbach for à mettre au point tous les menus détails des sustenance (much needed since the Law continuing to perform the hard work of préparatifs de la conférence annuelle et à Commission’s always popular wine and cheese running the association’s journal, to Bruce animer les nombreux panels et discussions reception will obviously not be held.) The Ryder (aka treasurer for life) for continuing to particulièrement stimulants. Diane Crocker, morning of May 31st will see a high-profile count the association’s pennies, to Richard Lise Gotell, Kristen Kramar, Melanie Methot, panel on the Court Challenges program that Weisman for having kindly agreed to once Dwight Newman, Nicole O’Byrne, and Jim will be advertised throughout the Congress and again take charge of the electronic newsletter – Phillips s’occupent à présent d’organiser les should draw media and the public. Details of and to everyone on the board for helping when séances qui nous permettront de poursuivre en this panel, entitled “Whose Charter is it now?” asked and, last but not least, for your support 2007 nos échanges interdisciplinaires annuels. will be announced on the CLSA website as and good cheer. A board in which people get Nous remercions tous ceux et celles d’entre speakers are confirmed. In the afternoon there along and are always cooperative and helpful vous qui avez répondu à nos demandes will be one panel in which senior legal scholars is not something to be taken for granted. d’annonces et de publications. Plus vous êtes will recount the history and the significance of nombreux à y répondre et plus la publication the Law Commission, and another panel du présent bulletin s’avère utile. Nous vous featuring some of the research left orphaned by LA LETTRE DU PRÉSIDENT rappelons la tenue de notre conférence de la this body’s untimely abolition. Given that in mi-hiver qui aura lieu à Vancouver les 18 et 19 the past CLSA annual meetings featured a Le conseil d’administration de l’Association janvier 2007 et nous remercions Renata “Law Commission Day” that worked as a canadienne de droit et société (ACDS) a été Mawani et Fiona Kelly de tout leur travail de catalyst for law professors and socio-legal tenu très occupé depuis la fin de l’été. Kirsten préparation de cette rencontre. scholars outside law schools to get to know Kramar, vice-présidente de l’Association et each other and each other’s work, we are very présidente des programmes pour 2007, et PRESIDENT’S REPORT pleased to see that the joint day of events will Debra Parkes, vice-présidente et secrétaire, se still be held despite the Law Commission’s sont montrées particulièrement actives et je The CLSA Board has been busy since the end absence. We hope that many researchers and leur suis très reconnaissant de leur soutien of the summer – Kirsten Kramar, academics previously associated with the constant. Voici les principaux projets auxquels Vicepresident and program chair for 2007, and Commission will turn up in numbers. nous avons travaillé : Debra Parkes, Vicepresident and secretary, have been particularly active, and I am very Graduate student activities. Rashmee Singh Réunion annuelle de 2007: Nous avons déjà grateful for their constant support. The main was elected to the CLSA board as a graduate entamé les préparatifs des rencontres 2007 de initiatives we have been working on are as student representative, where she joins Emma l’ACDS, qui auront lieu durant le Congrès de follows: Cunliffe. On other graduate student news, the Saskatoon, les 31 mai, 1er et 2 juin. grapevine tells us that the “Audacity of Kirsten Kramar, présidente du programme, a Annual meeting 2007: Preparations are Imagination” awards for graduate student participé à la séance d’organisation de already under way for the 2007 CLSA research previously given by the Law septembre, avec Dwight Newman, notre meetings, to be held in conjunction with the Commission of Canada may be re-born under a coordonnateur local (l’ACDS lui doit une Congress in Saskatoon, May 31-June 2nd new sponsorship.... watch the CLSA website éternelle gratitude pour avoir accepté cette inclusive. Kirsten Kramar, the program chair, for details. responsabilité clé). Des réservations ont déjà took part in the organizing meeting in été prises en vue d’une soirée et d’un dîner September, together with our local Attention CLSA board members: mid-winter autochtones, et d’autres réceptions se arrangements coordinator, Dwight Newman meeting, Vancouver January 18-20. Renisa préparent. Les occasions de retrouver des amis (who deserves the CLSA’s eternal gratitude for Mawani and Fiona Kelly are organizing the et de lier de nouvelles connaissance ne taking on this key task). A social gathering and mid-winter Board meeting at UBC, and in manqueront donc pas, et c’est là un élément, dinner have already been booked at an conjunction with it, a one-day research voire l’élément indispensable au succès de aboriginal-run venue, and other receptions are workshop in which Board members (and toute conférence. Une demande de also in the works, so there will be plenty of

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Fall/ Automne 2006 communications a été lancée – vous en trouverez les détails sur le site Web de l’ACDS. À partir de décembre y seront également affichées des précisions concernant les panels de discussion du 31 mai, coparrainés par l’Association canadienne des professeurs de droit (ACPD) et le Conseil des doyens et doyennes des facultés de droit (voir ci- dessous). L’ACDS réagit vis-à-vis à la suppression du Programme de contestation judiciaire et de la Commission du droit du Canada. Dès que le gouvernement a annoncé l’élimination deux institutions, l’ACDS a décidé de leur consacrer une des journées du Congrès afin non seulement de protester contre les attaques intempestives de M. Harper contre les ressources, l’enseignement et les études juridiques du pays mais aussi pour mieux faire connaître le travail accompli par ces importantes institutions. Le Conseil des doyens et doyennes des facultés de droit et l’Association canadienne des professeurs de droit (ACPD) co-parrainent les activités organisées ce jour-là et le Conseil des doyens et doyennes nous fait la gentillesse de se charger de la nourriture (geste d’autant plus apprécié que, de toute évidence, le populaire vins-fromages habituellement offert par la Commission du droit ne pourra pas avoir lieu). Au cours de la matinée du 31 mai se tiendra un panel de discussion sur le Programme de contestation judiciaire. Ce panel, qui réunira des personnalités de haut niveau devrait susciter beaucoup d’attention pendant durée du Congrès, tant de la part des médias que du public. Plus de précisions au sujet de ce panel intitulé « Whose Charter is it now ? » - « Qui la Charte défend-elle à présent ? » seront affichées sur le site Web à mesure que nos organisateurs recevront la confirmation de participation des conférenciers invités. En après-midi, un premier panel constitué de chercheurs juridiques de haut niveau retracera l’historique et l’importance de la Commission du droit. Un second panel présentera certains des dossiers dont l’étude a dû être abandonnée du fait de la suppression intempestive de la Commission. Par le passé, le rassemblement annuel de l’ACDS comportait une journée consacrée à cet organisme qui servait de catalyseur aux rencontres entre les professeurs de droit et les chercheurs en droit et société exerçant à l’extérieur des facultés de droit et leur permettait d’échanger au sujet de leurs travaux. Nous sommes donc très heureux qu’en dépit de l’absence de la Commission du droit, ces activités puissent malgré tout avoir lieu. Nous espérons que nombre des chercheurs et universitaires qui étaient associés à la Commission se présenteront en grand nombre. Activités du caucus des étudiants de 2e et 3e cycles. Rashmee Singh a été élue au conseil BULLETIN #42 page 4 d’administration de l’ACDS à titre de Mariana Valverde représentante des étudiants et étudiantes de 2e m.valverde@utoronto.ca et 3e cycles, où elle vient rejoindre Emma Cunliffe. Autres nouvelles du côté étudiant, selon la rumeur, le Prix Audace de l’imagination Nathalie Des Rosiers, une bourse CANADIAN JOURNAL OF LAW d’étude décernée par la Commission du droit AND SOCIETY / REVUE en vue de récompenser des étudiants pour CANADIENNE DROIT ET SOCIÉTÉ l’originalité et le caractère novateur de leurs recherches de 2e ou 3e cycles, pourrait bien Editor / Rédactrice: avoir trouvé un nouveau parrainage… si cela vous intéresse, soyez à l’affût des nouvelles Ruth Murbach, Faculté de science politique et affichées sur le site Web de l’ACDS. de droit, Université du Québec à Montréal de ces Editorial Board / Comité de Rédaction: Pour les administrateurs de l’ACDS : conférence de la mi-hiver - du 18 au 20 janvier Joan Brockman, Criminology, Simon Fraser à Vancouver. Renisa Mawani et Fiona Kelly University préparent actuellement la réunion du conseil Paul Dumouchel, Philosophy, Ritsumeikan d’administration de la mi-hiver, qui se tiendra University, Kyoto, Japan à l’UBC, et la journée de travail qui aura lieu Mikhaël Elbaz, Anthropologie, Université conjointement, au cours de laquelle les Laval (Book Review Editor) administrateurs de l’ACDS et les membres de David Howes, Anthropology & Sociology, l’Association qui sont à Vancouver ou dans la Concordia University région pourront exposer leurs travaux. Cette Nicolas Kasirer, Law, McGill University journée d’études du 19 janvier débutera par un Peter Leuprecht, IEIM, UQAM discours liminaire prononcé par Mme Tina Alejandro Lorite Escorihuela, droit, UQAM Loo, socio-historienne. Une réception aura lieu la veille au soir, soit le 18 janvier. Tout Editorial Assistant / Adjointe à la rédaction: membre de l’Association est cordialement Elsa Acem invité à prendre part à la réception, à la journée d’études et à la réunion du conseil Proofreading/Révision: Rosemary Hnatiuk, d’administration. Pour plus de précisions, Elsa Acem veuillez vous renseigner auprès de Renisa Mawani. Advisory Board/Comité Conseil: toute la Projet à venir : réunion conjointe de la André-Jean Arnaud, France; Nicholas A. LSA/ACDS, Montréal 2008. Ainsi que les Blomley, Simon Fraser University; Marc membres de l’ACDS en ont été informés en Galanter, University of Wisconsin, U.S.A.; juin 2006, la Law and Society Association Guy Goulard, Min. Justice, Ottawa; John (LSA) a demandé à notre association de Hagan, University of Northwestern; D. coparrainer une assemblée annuelle conjointe à Hepworth, Min. Justice, Ottawa; John Hogarth, Montréal en 2008 et nous avons accepté. Il University of British faudra travailler sérieusement à la planification Columbia; Louis Knafla, University of de cet événement d’ici quelques mois mais Calgary; Audrey Kobayashi, Queen’s nous avons déjà « repéré » quelques personnes University; Pierre Legendre, Paris; Guy susceptibles de faire partie du comité conjoint Rocher, Université de Montréal; Peter Russel, LSA-ACDS du programme – les représentants University of Toronto; Jennifer Smith, de l’ACDS qui en feront partie devront être Dalhousie University; David Sugarman, suffisamment à l’aise dans les deux langues et Lancaster, Great Britain; Neil Vidmar, Duke les deux disciplines. University, U.S.A. Pour finir, je tiens à remercier de nouveau CALL FOR PAPERS / INVITATION TO Ruth Murbach pour son travail à la direction PROPOSE AND GUEST EDIT A SPECIAL du journal de l’Association, Bruce Ryder (alias ISSUE trésorier à vie) pour le temps qu’il consacre à tenir à jour les finances, Richard Weisman qui The Journal accepts to review and publish a a gentiment accepté de se charger encore une variety of papers under the condition that they fois de notre bulletin électronique, les belong to the vast field of Law and Society. membres du conseil d’administration, pour leur Articles submitted undergo an external aide en toute occasion et enfin et surtout, pour evaluation procedure, as described in the votre soutien et vos encouragements à tous. Un Journal and on CLSA’s website (acds- conseil d’administration où tout le monde clsa.org). We maintain the Journal’s tradition s’entend et fait preuve de coopération et to publish on a regular basis special thematic d’entraide est quelque chose de fort précieux. issues, guest edited by mandated specialists whose proposals have been accepted by the Editorial Board. With the help of Randy

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Fall/ Automne 2006 BULLETIN #42 page 5 Lippert, Sociology and Anthropology, Rashmee Singh, Emma Cunliffe, Kirsten discussion about hiring a paid University of Windsor and Kevin Stenson, Kramar, Mariana Valverde, Debra Parkes staff person perhaps starting in Middlesex University, United Kingdom we are September (to help with the now preparing a special issue on Urban Meeting commenced at: 12:45 Bulletin, conference program, Governance and Legality from Below. It is still program committee, etc.) and possible to submit your contribution for this 1. Welcoming remarks and that matter was referred to the upcoming issue. For further information, President’s Report (Mariana board. Acceptance of the report please contact one of the guest editors Valverde). Mariana introduced was moved by Kirsten Kramar (lippert@uwindsor.ca and/or board members and briefly and seconded by Jim Phillips. k.stenson@mdx.ac.uk). The editor invites you highlighted plans for the Carried. to submit proposals for other special issues (for upcoming meetings in 2007 6. Journal Report (Ruth details, please contact: (Saskatchewan with the Murbach). Ruth was ill and murbach.ruth@uqam.ca). Congress), 2008 (Montreal as a unable to attend the meeting. joint conference with Canadian Her report was distributed by and American Law & Society Mariana and the membership Associations). Questions the was encouraged to contact Ruth APPEL À NOUS SOUMETTRE DES accessibility for the 2008 if they had questions or ARTICLES / INVITATION À PROPOSER ET conference were raised and it comments. Acceptance of the COORDONNER UN NUMÉRO was decided that the board report was moved by Richard THÉMATIQUE would appoint a committee for Weisman, seconded by Ron the 2008 conference at the Levi. Carried. La Revue accepte de considérer pour board meeting and that 7. Future CLSA Meetings publication une variété d’articles pourvu qu’ils accessibility would be included a. Saskatchewan 2007: It was relèvent du champs vaste de Droit et Société. in their mandate discussed that we need a Les textes reçus sont soumis à l’évaluation 2. Agenda and Minutes. local arrangements externe, comme décrite dans la Revue et sur le Approval of the agenda and coordinator, probably from site de l ‘ACDS (acds-clsa.org). Elle poursuit 2005 AGM minutes, as the U of Saskatchewan par ailleurs la tradition de publier amended (a few names of those Law School). The régulièrement des numéros à thème dont la in attendance had been following people coordination est confiée à des spécialistes, inadvertently omitted), was volunteered for the 2007 après proposition d’un synopsis au Comité de moved by Kirsten Kramar and program committee: Lise rédaction qui en décide. En collaboration avec seconded by Richard Weisman. Gotell, Diane Crocker, Randy Lippert, Sociology and Anthropology, Carried. Kirsten Kramar, Jim University of Windsor et Kevin Stenson, 3. Conference Report (Jane Phillips, and Mélanie Middlesex University, United Kingdom nous McMillan). Jane noted that the Méthot. Rashmee Singh préparons maintenant un numéro special sur registration was approximately and Emma Cunliffe will Urban Governance and Legality from Below. 140 people. She thanked the look for volunteers to Il est toujours temps d’y participer. Pour plus graduate student committee and organize the grad student d’informations, veuillez contacter les Leah Dunton who worked on workshop on the Saturday. coordinateurs (lippert@uwindsor.ca et/ou the program, and everyone else b. Montreal 2008: It was k.stenson@mdx.ac.uk). La rédaction vous who worked on the conference. discussed that we will need invite finalement à nous soumettre des The membership also thanked a committee to address propositions pour d’autres numéros Jane McMillan for her great language/translation thématiques (contactez s.v.p. work on the conference. issues, as well as other murbach.ruth@uqam.ca). 4. Report on Graduate Student issues. Workshop (Rashmee Singh 8. Board membership. It was CANADIAN LAW AND SOCIETY and Emma Cunliffe). noted that three board ASSOCIATION Rashmee and Emma reported members’ terms are ending this that 35 grad students had year: Bob Menzies, Annie registered and that the focus Bunting and Diane Crocker. Minutes of the 2006 Annual General would be on methodologies. a. Annie Bunting is willing to Meeting Mariana commented on the stand again – moved by Osgoode Hall Law School, York timeliness and significance of Jane McMillan, seconded University the graduate student workshop by Kirsten Kramar. June 1, 2006 and thanked everyone who Carried. worked on it. b. Diane Crocker is willing to In attendance: 5. Financial Report (Bruce stand again – moved by Ryder). Bruce was on Mélanie Méthot, seconded Fiona Kelly, Bill Conklin, Ajnesh Prasad, Carl sabbatical in South Africa, so by Kirsten Kramar. Baar, Michel Morin, David Gilles, Mélanie his written report was Carried. Méthot, Jim Phillips, Mary Stokes, Michael presented by Mariana. It was c. Bob Menzies would like to Begg, Diane Crocker, Dawn Moore, Ron Levi, noted that next year’s travel take some time off the Ronit Dinovitzer, Renisa Mawani, Richard budget will likely have to be board. For that position, Weisman, Jõao Veluoso, Marie-Eve Sylvestre, higher since almost all grad Rebecca Johnson was Mary Jane Mossman, Lise Gotell, Laura Watts, students will be coming from nominated – moved by Augustine Park, Sue Gratton, Ravia Malhotra, away. There was also some Richard Weisman,

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Fall/ Automne 2006 BULLETIN #42 page 6 seconded by Kirsten May 31 – June 2, 2007 Kramar. Carried. 9. Proposed bylaw revisions. Kirsten Kramar explained the The programme committee of the Canadian 2007 ASSOCIATION Law & Society Association invites rationale for proposed bylaw submissions for the 2007 annual meeting of the CANADIENNE DE DROIT revisions, citing the need for transparency and regularizing Congress of Learned Societies to be held May ET SOCIÉTÉ 31 – June 2, 2007 at the University of processes that are already in Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. In addition, the use. The proposed bylaw University of Saskatchewan will be celebrating revisions will be posted on the its 100th anniversary. This year, the CLSA LE DROIT: POUVOIR ET CLSA website and presented at the 2007 AGM for a vote. theme «Law: Power and Communities/ Le COMMUNAUTÉS Droit: Pouvoir et Communautés» seeks to 10. Other business highlight the significance of Aboriginal and LAW: POWER AND a. A question was raised about whether we accrue post-colonial perspectives on law and self COMMUNITIES governance. any interest on the surplus The CLSA will join with the Canadian currently in the CLSA Association of Law Teachers and the Law account at York. The Deans to host plenary sessions which highlight Fédération canadienne des matter was referred to Treasurer to inquire about the importance of the Law Commission of Sciences humaines et des Canada and the Court Challenges Program, this and, if it accrues no both recently eliminated by the Conservative Sciences sociales interest, to possibly move e the account or buy a term government's budget cuts under Prime Minister 76 CONGRÉS des Sciences Stephen Harper. More information on the deposit. plenary sessions, scheduled to be held on May humaines et des Sciences b. The book prize was 31, 2007, will be posted on CLSA website in announced: Susan the coming months. In addition to proposals sociales Drummond, Mapping that engage our theme, we welcome proposals Marriage Law in Spanish for papers in any area of law and society Gitano Communities (UBC CRÉER DES PONTS: Des scholarship and interdisciplinary legal studies. Press). We encourage participants to submit communautés de savoir à un suggestions for completed panels but also Savoir Public Meeting adjourned at: 1:45pm welcome indiviudal submissions. Please BRIDGING Communities: Making include a panel theme, paper titles, and abstracts of up to 250 words, along with full Public knowledge - making knowledge institutional affiliations and contact public CALL FOR PAPERS information for each presenter. If you are 2007 willing to participate as a panel chair, or discussant please indicate this on your University of Saskatchewan CANADIAN LAW AND submission. Please forward your panel and Saskatoon, SK paper proposals to the the CLSA Program SOCIETY ASSOCIATION Committee at: 31 mai– 2 juin, 2007 CLSA2007@shaw.ca Early expressions of interest are encouraged; Le comité du programme de la conférence LAW: POWER AND the deadline for proposals is February 15, annuelle de l’Association canadienne de droit COMMUNITIES 2007. et société lance une invitation pour les Information on conference registration, soumissions de communications pour sa Canadian Federation of the accommodation and other Congress activities rencontre annuelle qui aura lieu à Saskatoon dans le cadre du Congrès des sciences Humanities and Social will be found at: humaines et sociales 2007. La conférence se www.fedcan.ca/congress2007 and in the Sciences registration guide to be mailed in January. déroulera du 31 mai au 2 juin à l’Université de If you have any questions or comments you la Saskatchewan qui d’ailleurs fête son 76TH CONGRESS OF may contact Kirsten Kramar, Program centenaire. Cette année, le thème de l’ACDS LEARNED SOCIETIES Committee Chair, at «Law: Power and Communities/ Le Droit: kkramar@shaw.ca or Dwight Newman, Local Pouvoir et Communautés» cherche à souligner BRIDGING Arrangements Coordinator, at l’impact des perspectives autochtones et post- COMMUNITIES: Making dwight.newman@usask.ca. coloniales sur le droit et l’auto-gouvernance. Public knowledge - making L’ACDS se joint à l’Association canadienne des professeur(e)s de droit et au Conseil des knowledge public doyens et doyennes des facultés de droit du Canada pour organiser une série de sessions plénières le 31 mai où il sera question de l’importance du travail accompli par la Commission du droit du Canada et le University of Saskatchewan APPEL DE Programme de contestation judiciaire du Saskatoon, SK Canada. Un sujet d’actualité puisque le COMMUNICATIONS

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Fall/ Automne 2006 BULLETIN #42 page 7 Gouvernement fédéral a récemment décidé Report from Program d’éliminer, et le Programme de contestation The Mid-winter meeting will be held at the judiciaire et le financement à la Commission Committee Chair University of British Columbia from January du droit, donnant comme raison « contraintes 18th - 20th/ 2007. The organizing committee budgétaires.» De plus amples informations au Plans are well underway for our meetings in (Renisa Mawani, Sociology and Fiona Kelly, sujet de ces plénières seront affichées au cours Saskatoon May 31 – June 2, 2007. The Law) have been busy with booking rooms and des prochains mois sur le site de l’ACDS. program committee has posted the call for speakers. papers on our website and we will begin to En plus des propositions qui traitent draft a preliminary program in late February. The tentative schedule for the mid-winter directement de notre thème, nous Thanks to Mélanie Méthot who very kindly meeting is as follows: considérerons les soumissions de and skilfully translated the English Call for communications qui touchent à tout autre Papers into French. On September 28, 2006 I Thursday January 18th, 2007: Wes Pue has aspect du droit et de la société et/ou qui attended the Congress planning meeting at the organized a First Nations Rights roundtable s’inscrivent dans la lignée des études légales University of Saskatchewan. There I was with a discussion between Professor Arthur interdisciplinaires. Nous encourageons les pleased to meet and spend time with Dwight Ray (UBC, History) and Professor Michael participants à soumettre des suggestions pour Newman, our local arrangements coordinator. Jackson (UBC, Law). Although this event is une communication individuelle ou en groupe, Dwight took the time to show me around the not formally included in the CLSA program it ou encore pour une table ronde. Veuillez nous campus and has been working diligently with will certainly be of interest to many people. faire parvenir le titre de la communication avec the Congress organizers to book our un résumé n’excédant pas 250 mots, votre conference rooms and take care of other The mid-winter meetings with be started with a affiliation institutionnelle, votre adresse administrative details. While Dwight took care Keynote address by Dr. Tina Loo (CRC in électronique et vos numéros de téléphones et of the more mundane tasks, I took the History). Dr. Loo will be presenting a paper télécopieurs. Pour ceux et celles qui proposent opportunity to investigate venues for entitled, "Disturbing the Peace: Environmental une session complète, veuillez indiquer aussi le socializing! We have booked the Student Change and Justice on a Northern River." thème/titre de votre session. Union Pub (Louis’) to follow our Law Si vous êtes prêt(e) à commenter ou à présider Commission of Canada and Charter Friday January 19th, 2007 une session, veuillez l’indiquer. Envoyez vos Challenges Programme Plenary event on May A day long conference (10-5:30) featuring propositions de sessions ou de communications 31, 2007. Go to: http://www.ussu.ca/louis if presentations by faculty and graduate students au comité du Programme de la conférence you want to check out the facility. I am told engaged in Law and Society research. annuelle de l’ACDS à : this is also where Congress will be setting up their famous beer tent. Saturday January 20th, 2007 CLSA2007@shaw.ca Board meeting 9-12:30 followed by a Also, we are very pleased to report that Dr. "(Post)colonial" walking tour of Vancouver's Nous vous encourageons à nous faire part de James (Sa’ke’j) Youngblood Henderson has Stanley Park to be guided by Renisa votre intérêt dès que possible. La date limite agreed to deliver a keynote address at our Mawani(weather permitting). pour soumettre des propositions est le 15 banquet which we plan to hold at Wanuskewin février 2007 Heritage Park on the evening of June 1, 2007. For those of you who might not be familiar Renisa Mawani <renisa@interchange.ubc.ca> Pour toutes informations concernant with his work, Dr. Henderson is the Research l’inscription, le logement et les autres activités, Director of the Native Law Centre of Canada CONFERENCE DE LA MI-HIVER veuillez consulter le site du Congrès au: located at the University of Saskatchewan’s www.fedcan.ca/congress2007 et consulter le College of Law. He is an internationally La conférence de la mi-hiver aura lieu à guide d’inscription au Congrès qui sera diffusé respected human rights lawyer who has created l’Université de Colombie-Britannique (UBC) en janvier. litigation strategies to restore Aboriginal du 18 au 20 janvier 2007. Le comité Culture, institutions and rights. The Heritage organisateur, composé de Renisa Mawani Si vous avez des questions ou des Park facility is located on the bank of the (sociologie), et de Fional Kelly (droit), ont commentaires, n’hésitez pas à contacter South Saskatchewan river. On its three réservé des salles et engagé des conférenciers Kirsten Kramar, Présidente du Comité du hundred and twenty acres of land there are pour cet événement. Programme 2007, au kkramar@shaw.ca ou nineteen pre-contact sites that represent the Dwight Newman, Coordinateur local, au Northern Plains Peoples: summer and winter Voici le programme provisoire de la rencontre dwight.newman@usask.ca. camp sites, bison kill sites, tipi rings and a : boulder alignment known as a medicine wheel, all found within a kilometre of each other. We Jeudi 18 janvier 2007 : hope to schedule a bit of time in between the Wes Pue a organisé une table ronde sur les afternoon sessions and dinner for exploring droits des Premières Nations à laquelle this Indigenous spiritual site. You can check participeront le Professeur Arthur Ray (UBC, out Wanuskewin Heritage Park at Histoire) et le Professeur Michael Jackson www.wanuskewin.com. My sincere thanks to (UBC, Droit). Bien que cette discussion ne the Program Committee members and in figure pas de façon formelle au programme de particular Dwight Newman, for all your help in la conférence, elle promet de susciter beaucoup planning what promises to be a really d’intérêt. memorable conference in Saskatoon. La conférence de la mi-hiver débutera par une Kirsten Kramar allocution de Mme Tina Loo (chaire de Congress 2007 University of recherche du Canada en histoire). Mme Loo Saskatchewan, Saskatoon Mid-Winter Meetings présentera une communication intitulé

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Fall/ Automne 2006 BULLETIN #42 page 8 « Disturbing the Peace: Environmental Change house the Centre, its resource library, and required for conducting independent research and Justice on a Northern River » (« Perturber meeting space. The Centre is now used on law and society. la paix : changements écologiques et justice regularly by students, faculty and visiting If you are interested in learning more about the dans le bassin d’un fleuve nordique »). scholars from Canada and around the world. MA program please visit our website at Le vendredi 19 février 2007 We have a weekly Lecture series during term www.carleton.ca/law or contact Ron Journée complète de travail (de 10 h à 17 h and have launched several books at our annual Saunders, 30), durant laquelle des enseignants et des celebration. We have also sponsored several Graduate Supervisor at étudiants des 2e et 3e cycles présenteront des workshops, including an international rsaunder@connect.carleton.ca exposés sur des recherches en droit et société. workshop on Theoretical and Methodological Directions in Law, Feminism, Gender and Le samedi 20 janvier 2007 Sexuality co-hosted with the UK Centre for PUBLICATIONS(2006) Réunion du conseil d’administration de Law, Gender and Sexuality in August 2006. Recently published books, edited collections, l’ACDS de 9 h à 12 h 30, suivie d’une visite The Centre also has supported several research and reports by members of the CLSA: « (Post)coloniale » du parc Stanley de projects, including the Poverty and Human Vancouver, qui sera guidée par Renisa Mawani Rights Project and a project on Gendering Harry Arthurs, Report of the Federal Labour (si le temps le permet). Asylum. Standards Review entitled Fairness at Work: Federal Labour Standards for the 21st Century, ----------------------------------------------- published on October 31, 2006 and available This year we celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Centre! We are reviewing and assessing online at www.fls-ntf.gc.ca. Renisa Mawani <renisa@interchange.ubc.ca our activities over the past 10 years and making plans for the future, with the help of Gillian Balfour and Elizabeth Comack (eds.) Announcements students, faculty and community partners. We Criminalizing Women: Gender and will host two community events in early 2007, (In)justice in Neo-Liberal Times(Halifax: 1. ClassCrits: Toward a Critical Legal Fernwood Publishing, 2006). with the goal of strengthening the Centre's role Analysis of Economic Inequality is the topic in facilitating collaboration between feminist of a Baldy Center workshop on January 25- Susan B. Boyd and Helen Rhoades, eds., Law community groups, lawyers, academics and 26, 2007 being organized by University at and Families, The International Library of students at UBC Law. Buffalo Law School professors, Martha Essays in Law and Society (Ashgate, 2006). McCluskey and Athena Mutua. The Centre launched a website a few years The workshop will address three questions: ago, which offers information about our B. Burtch and Nick Larsen, eds.Law in “Why ‘ClassCrits’: What are we doing and history and activities: Society: Canadian Readings [2nd edition]. what do we want?”; “How might a focus on http://faculty.law.ubc.ca/cfls/ . We also publish (Toronto: Thomson Nelson, 2006). economic class differ from other approaches to a newsletter three times a year. To receive an analyzing economic policy and economic e-copy, please email cfls@law.ubc.ca and ask Elizabeth Comack (ed.) Locating Law: inequality in law”; and “How can a focus on to be placed on our email list. Race/Class/Gender/Sexuality Connections, class build on and add to other anti- 2nd edition(Halifax: Fernwood Publishing, subordination projects in law, taking an 3. MA in Legal Studies 2006). intersectional approach?” Details are available at Carleton University www.law.buffalo.edu/baldycenter/events.htm Arnaud Decroix, Question fiscale et réforme The Department of Law at Carleton University financière en France(1749-1789). Logique de A Baldy Center workshop on Criminal Law, is expanding its graduate program in coming la transparence et recherche de la confiance Terrorism, and the State of Emergency is years. Currently, we are soliciting applications publique, (Aix-en-Provence, Presses scheduled for May 2007. Organized by for our MA in Legal Studies. The program is universitaires d’Aix-Marseille, 2006) Markus Dubber, University at Buffalo Law well suited to critically minded, theoretically School, and Lindsay Farmer, University of sophisticated and academically accomplished Judy Fudge and Rosemary Owens, eds, Glasgow School of Law, this workshop will students who want to further their studies in Precarious Work, Women, and the New provide a common international and law from an interdisciplinary perspective. The Economy: The Challenge to Legal Norms interdisciplinary forum for legal doctrinal and program offers scholarships and TA ships to its (Oxford: Hart, 2006). political theoretical debates between criminal top students and there are plenty of . law scholars and political theorists on the opportunities to participate in faculty research Bryan Hogeveen, Joane Martel, and position of criminal law, terrorism, and states projects. Andrew Woolford, eds., Special Edition of of emergency. The MA degree in Legal Studies is a program Canadian Journal of Criminology and of advanced study and research which is open Criminal Justice, “ Law and Critique in to full-time and part-time studies. The MA Canada,” Vol. 48, no. 5(September, 2006). 2. 10th Anniversary of the UBC Centre program provides students with an for Feminist Legal Studies interdisciplinary, theoretically grounded and Mary Jane Mossman, First Women Lawyers: A research oriented approach to studying law as a Comparative Study of Gender, Law and the In 1997, the Centre for Feminist Legal Studies social and political institution with emphasis Legal Professions (Oxford and Portland OR: was created at UBC's Faculty of Law. Its on the relationship between law and social Hart Publishing, 2006). mandate was to build on UBC's existing transformation. The plan of study includes a strength in feminist legal studies, to strengthen range of fields linked by a common theoretical co-operation in research, teaching and graduate NEWS ABOUT MEMBERS and methodological concern with the way law Judy Fudge will be leaving Osgoode Hall Law student supervision, and to enhance the shapes and is shaped by its social School to take up the Lansdowne Chair at the visibility of the field by forging collaborative environment. The program is designed to Faculty of Law at the University of Victoria. ties with people working in this field in both develop the conceptual and analytical skills university and community settings. We renovated and equipped space in which to

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Fall/ Automne 2006 BULLETIN #42 page 9 JOB ADVERTISEMENT The department offers a B.A. in Law, including concentrations in Business Law and Subject to budgetary approval, Carleton Law, Policy and Government and an M.A. in University, Department of Law, Faculty of Legal Studies. It is a participating unit in Public Affairs, invites applications for one undergraduate programs in Public Affairs and preliminary position in Legal Studies at the Policy Management, Human Rights, and rank of Assistant Professor commencing Criminology and Criminal Justice. July 1, 2007. The Department invites Applicants are requested, by January 30, 2007, applications from all qualified candidates but is to forward a letter of application, their especially interested in applicants whose curriculum vitae, a teaching portfolio or research is in one of the following four areas: evidence of teaching performance, or a Critical Approaches to Liberal Legal Theory; statement of teaching philosophy, and have Critical Approaches to Economic three referees forward supporting letters to: Globalization; Globalization, Violence and Security; and Law, Culture and Humanities. Professor Peter Swan Candidates should hold a doctoral degree in Chair, Department of Law legal studies, law or a related discipline and Carleton University demonstrate a capacity for theoretically 1125 Colonel By Drive informed interdisciplinary scholarship and Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6 teaching. A strong record of publications is email: pswan@ccs.carleton.ca desirable and we expect the successful candidate to continue a research program All qualified candidates are encouraged to yielding high-quality peer-reviewed apply. The applications of Canadians and publications. The Department of Law is Permanent Residents will be given priority. committed to interdisciplinary legal inquiry Carleton University is committed to equality of and is composed of scholars engaged in employment for women, Aboriginal interdisciplinary teaching and research from a peoples, visible minorities and persons with range of disciplines including criminology, disabilities. Persons from these groups are history, law, legal anthropology, political encouraged to apply. economy, political theory, mass communications and sociology.

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