Bulletin — Automne 2007

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CANADIAN LAW AND SOCIETY B U L L E T I N 44 BULLETIN #44 The CLSA/ACDS Bulletin is produced twice a year for members of the Canadian Law and Society Association. The purpose of the Bulletin is to provide a forum for CLSA members to share information and views on recent developments and issues affecting law and society research in Canada. CLSA members are invited to submit editorials, notices of forthcoming publications and conferences, and other items of interest to members of the Association. Le Bulletin de l'ACDS est publié deux fois par an pour les membres de l'Association Canadienne Droit et Société. L'objet du bulletin est d'offrir aux membres de l'ACDS la possibilité d'un échange d'informations et de points de vue sur les nouveautés dans le domaine de la recherche en droit et société au Canada. Les membres de l'ACDS sont invités à soumettre des éditoriaux, des avis de publications ou conférences à venir, et toutes autres annonces qui pourraient intéresser les membres de l'Association. 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/ ASSOCIATION / ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE DROIT ET SOCIÉTÉ # Fall/ Automne 2007 CLSA MEMBERSHIP/ INSIDE: ADHÉSION À L’ACDS Membership in the Association includes a CLSA EXECUTIVE & BOARD MEMBERS/ subscription to the Canadian Journal of Law CONSEIL D’ADMINISTRATION ET and Society (two issues per annum) & the EXÉCUTIF DE L’ACDS……………………2 CLSA/ACDS Bulletin. To join, use the membership application form included in this EDITOR’S NOTICE / AVANT-PROPOS DE issue of the Bulletin. LA RÉDACTRICE………………..................3 L’adhésion à l’Association inclut l’abonnement CLSA PRESIDENT’S REPORT / LA à la Revue Canadienne Droit et Société (deux LETTRE DE LA PRÉSIDENTE DE L’ACDS, numéros par année) et au Bulletin de Debra Parkes………...…….............................3 l’ACDS/CLSA. Pour adhérer, utilisez le formulaire publié dans le présent numéro. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF LAW AND SOCIETY / REVUE CANADIENNE DROIT ET SOCIÉTÉ….……………………………..4 MINUTES OF 2007 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING………………………....................6 MID-WINTER MEETINGS/CONFÉRENCE DE LA MI-HIVER……………...………...…7 2008 JOINT MEETINGS OF THE LSA/CLSA IN MONTREAL..........................8 ANNOUNCEMENTS……….……………….8 MEMBERSHIP FORMS…………..……11-12

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Fall/ Automne 2007 CLSA Bulletin #44 page 2 CLSA EXECUTIVE & BOARD/ CJLS/RCDS Editor/Rédactrice nobyrne@uvic.ca CONSEIL D’ADMINISTRATION Centre of Criminology University of Toronto Class of 2010 ET EXÉCUTIF DE L’ACDS 130 St. George Street, Suite 8001 Toronto ON M5S 3H1 Melanie Méthot CLSA OFFICERS/EXECUTIVE m.valverde@utoronto.ca Augustana Faculty Tel: 416-978-6438 ext. 229 University of Alberta Mariana Valverde N213 North Hall Past-President Annie Bunting Camrose AB T4V 2R3 Centre of Criminology 2008 Program Committee Co-Chair melanie.methot@ualberta.ca University of Toronto Law & Society Program Tel: 780 679-1518 130 St. George Street, Suite 8001 Division of Social Sciences Toronto ON M5S 3H1 York University Dwight Newman m.valverde@utoronto.ca S704 Ross College of Law Tel: 416-978-6438 ext. 229 Toronto ON M3J 1P3 University of Saskatchewan abunting@yorku.ca 15 Campus Drive Debra Parkes Tel: 416 736-2100 ext. 20500 Saskatoon SK S7N 5A6 President dwight.newman@usask.ca Faculty of Law Rod MacDonald Tel: 306 966-4847 University of Manitoba 2008 Local Arrangements Coordinator 224 Dysart Road Faculty of Law Marie Andrée-Jacob Winnipeg MB R3T 4Z2 McGill University School of Law debra_parkes@umanitoba.ca 3674 Peel Street, Room 301 Keele University Tel: 204-474-9776 Montreal QC H3A 1W9 Staffordshire roderick.macdonald@mcgill.ca ST5 5BG United Kingdom Kirsten Kramer Tel: 514 398-8914 m.jacob@law.keele.ac.uk Vice-President Tel: +44 (0)1782 583218 ext. 3860 Department of Sociology Kimberley White University of Winnipeg Bulletin Editor Class of 2009 515 Portage Avenue Law & Society Program Winnipeg, MB R3G 1A4 Division of Social Sciences Rebecca Johnson k.kramar@uwinnipeg.ca York University Faculty of Law kkramar@shaw.ca S 734 Ross University of Victoria Tel: 204-786-9187 Toronto ON M3J 1P3 Murray and Anne Fraser Building kjwhite@yorku.ca Victoria BC V8W 3H7 Richard Weisman Tel: 416 736-2100 ext. 20546 rjohnson@uvic.ca Vice-President Tel: 250 721-8187 Law & Society Program Division of Social Sciences DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE Diane Crocker York University Department of Sociology & Criminology Article 4.3 S 739 Ross St.Mary's University McNally South 408 (a)“The Board of Directors of the Association Toronto ON M3J 1P3 923 Robie Street shall consist of the Officers described at article rweisman@yorku.ca Halifax NS B3H 3C3 4.1 (Officers), nine Directors-at-Large and two Tel: 416-736-2100 ext. 70452 diane.crocker@smu.ca student Directors. (b) Directors at Large shall serve three year (902) 420-5875 Dawn Moore terms, and three Directors-at-Large shall be Secretary Jane McMillan replaced every year [when their three year FedCan Representative Department of Anthropology terms expire]. Student directors are elected for Department of Law St. Francis Xavier one or two year terms. Carlton University PO Box 5000 C473 Loeb Building Antigonish NS B2G 2W5 Student Directors Ottawa ON K1S 5B6 ljmcmill@stfx.ca moore@ccs.carleton.ca Tel: 902 867-5021 Rashmee Singh Tel: 520-2600 ext. 3823 Graduate Student Representative Centre of Criminology Class of 2008 Bruce Ryder University of Toronto Treasurer Renisa Mawani 130 St. George Street, Suite 8001, Osgoode Hall Law School Department of Sociology Toronto ON M5S 3H1 York University University of British Columbia rashmee.singh@utoronto.ca 4700 Keele Street 2329 West Mall Toronto ON M3J 1P3 Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4 Nicole O’Byrne bryder@osgoode.yorku.ca renisa@interchange.ubc.ca Graduate Student Representative Tel: 416 736 5548 Tel: 604 822-6494 Faculty of Law University of Victoria Murray and Anne Fraser Building Victoria BC V8W 3H7 Fiona Kelly Mariana Valverde

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Fall/ Automne 2007 CLSA Bulletin #44 page 3 Faculty of Law pour la préparation de mon premier numéro. Je country. University of British Columbia me réjouis à l’idée de travailler avec vous 1822 East Mall, toutes et tous, et espère pouvoir vous faire Looking ahead to 2008, plans are well Vancouver BC V6T 1Z1 découvrir d’ici l’automne 2008 le nouveau underway for our annual meetings which will kelly@law.ubc.ca format déjà ébauché de notre publication. Un be held jointly with the Law & Society Tel: 604 731-3637 grand merci à Richard pour le travail qu’il a Association in Montréal. If you have not accompli ces dernières années pour présenter already done so, mark May 29-June 1, 2008 on Jim Phillips le Bulletin aux membres de l’Association et les your calendar and submit your paper proposal Faculty of Law tenir au fait de tous les événements et by the deadline of December 12, 2007. See University of Toronto nouvelles d’intérêt. http://www.lawandsociety.org/ann_mtg/am08/ 78 Queen's Park call.htm for more details. The theme chosen Toronto ON M5S 3H1 Vous trouverez dans le présent numéro la lettre for the meetings, “Les Territoires du Droit: j.phillips@utoronto.ca de la Présidente Debra Parkes, le procès-verbal Placing Law” evocatively points to the many Tel: 416 978-4223 de l’Assemblée générale annuelle de ways that law is rooted in places, from the Saskatoon, un rapport de Mariana Valverde, local to the global. Webmaster (ex-officio) nouvelle rédactrice de la Revue Canadienne Droit et Société ainsi que le rapport de Annie The Montréal meetings are a truly Pierre Noreau Bunting, co-présidente du Comité organisateur collaborative affair, with the program Directeur du CRDP du programme. Merci à tous ceux et celles qui committee chaired by our own annie bunting Adresse géographique ont répondu à notre demande d’annonces de and the LSA’s Marie Provine. Half of the 3101, chemin de la Tour, local : A-8452 publications et autres annonces qui figurent en program committee members are from the Montréal (Québec) H3T 1J7 fin de Bulletin. Merci également à Dominique CLSA and we are grateful for the contributions Adresse postale Nanoff pour son travail de traduction et de of Carl Baar, Mary Condon, Marie-Andrée C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville relecture. Jacob, Rebecca Johnson, Michel Coutu, Judy Montréal (Québec) H3C 3J7 Fudge, and Ron Levi. We are also fortunate to Tél. : 514 343-7802 Enfin, je vous rappelle que notre conférence de have Rod MacDonald heading up the local pierre.noreau@umontreal.ca la mi-hiver aura lieu à Ottawa les arrangements committee, which includes Kim 18 et 19 janvier 2008. Mes remerciements à Brooks, Hugo Cyr, David Howse, Richard Dawn Moore qui a coordonné l’événement. Lehun, Pierre Noreau, Eric Reiter, and Annie EDITOR’S NOTE Rochette. Joyeuses fêtes à toutes et à tous! I am very pleased to be assuming the role of Speaking of law and society activities in Bulletin Editor, and especially pleased to have Kimberley White Montréal, Ruth Murbach is coming to the end had the support and guidance of Richard of her term as editor of the Canadian Journal of Weisman in helping to co-edit my first volume. Law & Society, having served in that role I look forward to working with you all and PRESIDENT’S REPORT since 1999. I want to take this opportunity to hope to unveil a more complete redesign of the thank Ruth, the editorial board, and the support Bulletin for the fall 2008 edition. Much thanks provided by the Départment des sciences Taking on the role of President after Mariana to Richard for all his hard work these past juridiques of the Université du Québec à Valverde’s term meant I was stepping into years and for keeping our association members Montréal for everything they have done to some big shoes. Fortunately, we have an on top of all the news and events. This edition further socio-legal scholarship in Canada. In amazingly strong board, some great of the Bulletin includes the President’s Report early 2008, the Journal will be moving to its institutional relationships (including those from Debra Parkes, a report from the new new home in the Department of Law at fostered by Mariana and others with the Law & Editor of the Journal, Mariana Valverde, the Carleton University. With Mariana Valverde Society Association and the new world Minutes of the 2007 Annual General Meeting having agreed to take on the editor role, and consortium of socio-legal associations), and a in Saskatoon, and a report from joint Dawn Moore having secured institutional strong financial base for which we owe much LSA/CLSA Program Committee Co-Chair, support from the Dean of Public Affairs at to Bruce Ryder and Ruth Murbach. Annie Bunting. Thanks to everyone who Carleton, it looks like the transition will be a responded to the call for announcements and smooth one. Well done! It was wonderful to begin my term at the publications, listed at the end of the bulletin, Saskatoon annual meetings in June of this year. and to Dominique Nanoff for her assistance I look forward to gathering with many of you I cannot say enough about the great work done with translation and copy-editing. Also, please in Ottawa for our Mid-Winter meetings to be by Dwight Newman (Local Arrangements note that our Mid-winter Meeting will be held held January 25-26, 2008 at Carleton Chair) and Kirsten Kramar (Program Chair) to in Ottawa on January 18 and 19, 2008. Thanks University. Dawn Moore and her colleagues make those meetings such a success. We were to Dawn Moore for helping to pull it together. are developing a program that promises to be treated to three days of stimulating sessions, engaging and well worth the trip to snowy including two very timely plenaries Happy holidays everyone! Ottawa (I say that from snowing Winnipeg, of commemorating the work of the Law Kimberley White course!). Commission and Court Challenges program. We had a fabulous sold-out banquet at AVANT-PROPOS In more mundane news, we have been working Wanuskewin, a sacred gathering place of the DU RÉDACTEUR on some administrative matters, including indigenous Northern Plains peoples, featuring bylaw revisions and applications for federal a keynote address by leading indigenous legal incorporation and charitable status. The latter Je suis très contente d’assumer la scholar, Sakej Youngblood Henderson. will enable us to implement an online responsabilité de rédactrice du Bulletin de Finally, the lovely patios of Saskatoon membership system. Together with our new, l’ACDS, et plus encore d’avoir pu bénéficier restaurants provided excellent places to meet user-friendly website, http://www.acds- du soutien et des conseils de Richard Weisman and catch up with colleagues from across the

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Fall/ Automne 2007 CLSA Bulletin #44 page 4 clsa.org/ (online, but still under construction), Droit : Placing the Law », titre particulièrement nouveaux projets et de favoriser les échanges these initiatives should allow us to expand our évocateur des divers moyens par lesquels le d’information. membership base, initiate new projects, and droit est ancré dans des lieux définis, share information more easily. localement comme à l’échelle internationale. Merci à vous qui donnez de votre temps à l’ACDS, présentez des communications lors de Thanks to all of you who volunteer your time L’organisation du rassemblement de Montréal nos rencontres, proposez des articles pour la with the CLSA, present papers at our meetings, est un véritable travail de collaboration entre Revue ou promouvez d’une manière ou d’une peer-review articles for the Journal, and l’ACDS et la LSA, comme en témoigne la autre la recherche socio-juridique au Canada. otherwise promote socio-legal inquiry in composition du comité organisateur co-présidé C’est un plaisir que de travailler avec vous Canada. It is a pleasure to work with all of you. par notre collègue Annie Bunting et toutes et tous. Marie Province, de la LSA. Debra Parkes Debra Parkes Le comité du programme se compose aussi LA LETTRE DE LA PRÉSIDENTE pour moitié de membres de l’ACDS; remercions Carl Baar, Mary Condon, Marie- CANADIAN JOURNAL OF LAW L’idée de prendre la relève de Mariana Andrée Jacob, Rebecca Johnson, Michel Coutu, Judy Fudge et Ron Levi de leur AND SOCIETY / REVUE Valverde à la présidence de l’Association était quelque peu intimidante. Par bonheur, nous contribution. Nous avons aussi le bonheur de CANADIENNE DROIT ET disposons d’un conseil d’administration pouvoir compter Rod MacDonald à la tête du SOCIÉTÉ solidement constitué, d’excellentes relations comité de coordination locale, comité qui se institutionnelles (notamment celles que compose également de Kim Brooks, Hugo Cyr, Mariana et d’autres collègues ont nouées avec David Howse, Richard Lehun, Pierre Noreau, Editor/Directrice de la rédaction : la Law & Society Association et le nouveau Eric Reiter et Annie Rochette. Mariana Valverde, Centre of Criminology, Consortium international des associations de University of Toronto. droit et société), et de solides assises Pour ce qui est des activités socio-juridiques à m.valverde@utoronto.ca financières grâce surtout aux soins de Montréal, elles sont marquées par la fin du Bruce Ryder et de Ruth Murbach. mandat de Ruth Murbach, rédactrice de la JOURNAL EDITOR’S REPORT Revue Canadienne Droit et Société depuis C’était un grand plaisir que de commencer 1999. J’aimerais saisir cette occasion pour Dear CLSA friends, mon mandat avec notre rassemblement annuel, remercier Ruth, ainsi que le comité de en juin dernier à Saskatoon. Je ne saurais louer rédaction et le Département des sciences As most of you know, Ruth Murbach is suffisamment le travail remarquable accompli juridiques de l’Université du Québec à stepping down as journal editor after many par Dwight Newman (chargé de la Montréal de tous leurs efforts pour faire years of hard work. We certainly owe her and coordination locale) et Kirsten Kramar progresser les études socio-juridiques au her department at UQAM eternal gratitude for (présidant le Comité organisateur du Canada. Début 2008, le siège de la Revue what they've done. programme) pour faire de cette rencontre le aménagera dans ses nouveaux locaux à magnifique succès qu’elle a été. Ces trois jours Ottawa, dans le département de droit de la As most of you will also know, I am taking on ont été emplis de séances stimulantes, parmi Carlton University. Mariana Verde a accepté the responsibility of being the next editor -- but lesquelles deux séances pléniaires venues à de prendre la relève de Ruth Murbarch au things are going to be structured differently, point nommé pour commémorer le travail de la poste de rédactrice et Dawn Moore s’est assuré since there will now be an editorial 'team' Commission du droit et le Programme de le soutien du doyen des affaires publiques à rather than a single editor. The key change contestation judiciaire. Mentionnons aussi le Carlton : la transition devrait donc se faire en along these lines is that there will be a French- fabuleux banquet – qui a fait salle comble – douceur. Beau travail! language co-editor and a 'managing editor', as servi à Wanuskewin, lieu de rencontre sacré well as yours truly as the general editor. des peuples autochtones des Northern Plains, Je me réjouis de me retrouver avec bon nombre et durant lequel nous avons pu entendre une d’entre vous à Ottawa lors de notre conférence You might wonder why we need a special allocution de Sakej Youngblood Henderson, de la mi-hiver, qui aura lieu les 25 et 26 janvier French-language editor when we have in the éminent juriste autochtone. N’oublions pas de 2008 à Carlton. Dawn Moore et ses collègues past not divided up editing work by language. mentionner les très agréables terrasses de nous préparent un programme à n’en pas But the answer is very simple. I do not think restaurants à Saskatoon, décor idéal pour douter stimulant et valant bien un voyage dans that I could adequately handle Francophone renouer avec nos collègues venus de tout le une Ottawa enneigée (vu de Winnipeg déjà manuscripts -- I can read scholarly French Canada. bien enseveli, il va sans dire!) well, but I am not knowledgeable about Francophone legal and socio-legal scholarship. En ce qui concerne l’année 2008, Quant aux nouvelles plus rébarbatives, nous Michel Coutu, from the School of Industrial l’organisation de notre prochain congrès à nous sommes occupés de certaines questions Relations at the Universite de Montreal, has Montréal, conjointement à celui de la Law and administratives telles que les révisions aux agreed to serve as French-language co-editor. I Society Association (LSA), est bien entamée. statuts de l’Association et les demandes auprès am really pleased about this, since I think that Si ce n’est déjà fait, marquez à votre agenda du gouvernement fédéral de constitution en a change in editorship -- and a physical move les dates du 29 mai au 1er juin, et veuillez nous personne morale et d’enregistrement à titre to Ottawa-- gives us opportunities to publicize envoyer vos propositions de communication, d’organisme sans but lucratif. Ce dernier statut the journal in new venues and to reach out to qui doivent être remises avant le 12 décembre nous permettra de mettre en place un système new readers and new potential contributors. I 2007. Pour en savoir plus, veuillez consulter la d’adhésion en ligne. Cette initiative, associée à can certainly do some of that in the UK and the page la création de notre nouveau site Web US, where I have excellent contacts in http://www.lawandsociety.org/ann_mtg/am08/ http://www.acds-clsa.org/ (activé mais encore numerous universities and journals (and to a call.htm. Cette année, le thème retenu pour la en chantier) nous permettra d’attirer un plus lesser extent in Australia); but I would not be rencontre est le suivant : « Les Territoires du grand nombre de membres, d’entreprendre de able to do a good job in the francophone world. I thus look forward to working with

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Fall/ Automne 2007 CLSA Bulletin #44 page 5 Michel and with future editorial board want members of the editorial board to be que jusque-là le travail d’édition n’était pas members from Francophone departments, and I members of the association, and we want the divisé par langue, la raison en est simple. Je ne look forward to knowing more about editorial board to meet in person twice a year, pense pas pouvoir me charger des manuscrits Francophone socio-legal scholarship. once during the midwinter and once during the en français. S’il est vrai que je suis en mesure AGM. This will mean that the journal has a de lire des publications savantes dans cette I firmly believe in a bilingual journal that higher visibility within the association and also langue, je ne possède toutefois pas les reflects at least the two official Canadian legal that there is more accountability to association connaissances francophones juridiques et cultures, and ideally, in the future, all of members on the part of the journal and its socio-juridiques requises pour assumer cette Canada's legal cultures -- and I think a team board. From the old board, Nicholas Kassirer responsabilité. approach is the best way to meet this objective. has kindly agreed to stay on, and it is great to I hasten to add what I hope is obvious, which have that continuity. New members will Michel Coutu, de l’École de relations is that the English editor need not be the beelected soon. industrielles de l’Université de Montréal, a general editor -- if a few years from now the accepté le poste de co-rédacteur et j’en suis 'general editor' is francophone then perhaps an Finally, the January 2008 issue has already ravie. Ce changement de direction de la Revue english-language co-editor might be been prepared by Ruth and her UQAM team, – et son déplacement à Ottawa – vont nous appropriate. and it looks like a great one -- among other donner de nouvelles occasions de la faire things it includes the special feature on the connaître, en même temps qu’il nous permettra I should say that I do not envision the French- Law Commission of Canada (based on the d’atteindre un nouveau lectorat et de nouveaux English split being absolute. That is, I may talks given at the panel in Saskatoon, with Rod contributeurs. J’espère bien y contribuer en well have opinions about French language MacDonald, Nathalie des Rosiers and Bruce mettant à profit les excellents liens que j’ai pu content, and may make suggestions, and I hope Ryder, and with an introduction by Yves Le nouer avec de nombreuses universités et Michel also expresses views about English Bouthillier). We plan to use this issue to revues au Royaume-Uni et aux États-Unis, et, language content. But in my experience of publicize the journal's move and the journal's dans une certaine mesure, en Australie. Je ne scholarly work in Canada, a certain linguistic new plans, and we hope every member of the serai toutefois pas en mesure de jouer un tel specialization is simply a fact, if only because association takes it upon themselves to help rôle dans la francophonie. Je me réjouis donc à very few scholarly departments are truly with this. (Flyers will be handed out at the la perspective de travailler à cet effet avec bilingual. Ottawa mid-winter for you to take back to your Michel et les autres membres du comité de respective departments). rédaction rattachés à des départements Now to the third (and probably most francophones. Je suis également impatiente important) member of the editorial team. The So, once again, let us all thank Ruth Murbach d’en découvrir davantage de la recherche 'managing editor' position will be filled, for the for her many years of hard work, and let's socio-juridique francophone. next year and a half, by Dawn Moore, who has thank Carleton for their crucial support at this already been working in that capacity for some exciting time. Je crois fermement en l’avenir d’une revue weeks. With her usual flair for getting things bilingue qui sache refléter les deux cultures done, she has secured administrative support Mariana Valverde juridiques propres aux langues officielles and some ongoing, base-budget funding from canadiennes et, pourquoi pas, toutes les the Law Department at Carleton and from the cultures juridiques du Canada. Et je pense que Faculty that they belong to. We plan to involve MOT DE LA RÉDACTION DE LA REVUE le travail d’équipe constitue un excellent some Carleton and perhaps U of Ottawa people CANADIENNE DROIT ET SOCIÉTÉ moyen d’y parvenir. Je m’empresse d’ajouter on the editorial board, people who will qu’il va de soi – du moins je l’espère – que le regularly visit the journal office and who might Chers membres de l’ACDS, poste de direction de la rédaction n’a aucun learn the administrative ropes (budget, office besoin d’être tenu par un Anglophone. S’il management, etc.) Comme la plupart d’entre vous le savent, Ruth advient qu’il soit jplus tard tenu par un Murbach quitte son poste de rédactrice de la Francophone, le poste de co-rédacteur pourrait This weekend I will be going to Ottawa to Revue Canadienne Droit et Société à laquelle alors être confié à un Anglophone. meet with Dawn, and on Monday December 10 elle a consacré durant de nombreuses années I will meet with various Carleton people who beaucoup de temps et d’efforts. Nous tenons à Je dois aussi préciser que je ne conçois pas une either have helped already (e.g. Dawn's Dean) lui exprimer, à elle et au Département des division absolue des tâches par langue. Il est or who might be leaned upon to help. sciences juridiques de l’UQAM où elle tout à fait possible que j’émettre une opinion travaille, notre immense gratitude pour le sur le contenu d’un article rédigé en français et At the mid-winter in Ottawa we will have a dévouement dont ils ont fait preuve. à l’occasion faire des suggestions, et j’espère much fuller report, and will also present the voir Michel se prononcer lui aussi sur le board with some options for discussion and Peut-être savez-vous également que je vais à contenu des textes anglais. Mais d’après ce que vote, some to do with policies and some présent remplacer Ruth. Je précise toutefois je peux constater des travaux d’érudition regarding filling editorial board slots and que les tâches vont être organisées produits au Canada, c’est un fait qu’il existe assigning tasks. différemment et que nous aurons désormais une certaine spécialisation linguistique, ne une équipe éditoriale. En effet, et c’est là une serait-ce tout simplement que parce les I am delighted to be working with Dawn and nouveauté importante, la Revue sera départements universitaires véritablement her colleagues. I imagine I will visit Ottawa a maintenant dirigée par les soins d’un co- bilingues sont très rares. few times per term, and I look forward to that, rédacteur francophone, d’un rédacteur en chef since I think there is a great deal of lively et de moi-même pour vous servir, qui Venons-en au troisième poste de l’équipe socio-legal work being done there. assumerai la responsabilité de directrice de la éditoriale, et probablement le plus important, rédaction. celui de rédacteur-en-chef. Au cours des The editorial board is also being restructured, prochains dix-huit mois, Dawn Moore se after many executive and CLSA board Aux personnes qui s’interrogent sur la chargera de cette responsabilité, à laquelle elle discussions, in Saskatoon and by email. We nécessité d’une co-rédaction francophone alors s’est déjà attelée depuis quelques semaines.

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Fall/ Automne 2007 CLSA Bulletin #44 page 6 Avec son efficacité habituelle, Dawn a réussi à prévoyons profiter de la parution de ce numéro obtenir une assistance administrative et un pour informer le public du déménagement de MINUTES OF THE 2007 ANNUAL financement permanent de base du la Revue et des nouveaux plans en cours, GENERAL MEETING département de droit de Carlton et de la faculté auxquels nous espérons que chacun des à laquelle il se rattache. Nous prévoyons faire membres de l’Association se fera un plaisir de University of Saskatchewan appel à la participation de membres du corps contribuer (Des dépliants seront distribués à la June 1, 2007 enseignant de la Carleton University et de conférence de la mi-hiver, pour diffusion au l’Université d’Ottawa au sein du comité de sein de vos départements respectifs). rédaction, notamment de personnes qui visitent In attendance: régulièrement le bureau de la Revue et sont Une fois encore, applaudissons Ruth Murbarch Dwight Newman, Mariana Valverde, Debra susceptibles d’en apprendre les rouages pour ses nombreuses années de travail et Parkes, Bruce Ryder, Dawn Moore, Paul administratifs (budget, gestion administrative remercions la Carlton University de nous Millar, Rosemary Warskett, Lise Gotell, et autres procédures). prêter assistance durant cette transition riche de Rosanna Langer, Analijn Conklin, Richard promesses. Jochelson, Ibironke Odumosu, Pooja Parmar, Cette fin de semaine, je me rendrai à Ottawa Ajnesh Prasad, Jeremy Webber, Dominique pour y rencontrer Dawn, et lundi 10 décembre, Marina Valverde. Clémont, Lori Chambers, Jennie Abell, Diana des personnes de Carlton qui nous ont déjà Young, Philip Girard, Justin Piché, Mike aidés (notamment le doyen de la faculté dont CALL FOR PAPERS / INVITATION Larson, Rakhi Ruparelia, Rashmee Singh, dépend Dawn) ou qui sont susceptibles de le TO PROPOSE AND GUEST EDIT A Richard Weisman, Kimberley White, Jane faire. SPECIAL ISSUE McMillan, Norman Zlotkin, Gillian Calder À notre conférence de la mi-hiver à Ottawa, The Journal accepts to review and publish a nous vous ferons un rapport plus complet de la 1. Approval of 2006 AGM Minutes variety of papers under the condition that they situation et soumettrons au conseil belong to the vast field of Law and Society. Dawn Moore moved and Gillian Calder d’administration de l’ACDS des propositions à Articles submitted undergo an external seconded the adoption of the 2006 AGM débattre et sur lesquelles voter, les unes evaluation procedure, as described in the minutes. Carried. relatives aux politiques et les autres, à Journal and on CLSA’s website (acds- l’occupation des postes vacants au sein du clsa.org). We maintain the Journal’s tradition comité de rédaction et à la répartition des 2. President’s Report to publish on a regular basis special thematic tâches. issues, guest edited by mandated specialists Mariana did a brief overview of the highlights whose proposals have been accepted by the for the coming year. Her full report is in the Je suis ravie de travailler avec Dawn et ses Editorial Board. The editor invites you to most recent copy of the CLSA Bulletin. The collègues, et me réjouis à la perspective de me submit proposals for special issues (for details, next year will be exciting for CLSA. Mariana rendre régulièrement à Ottawa où, me semble- please contact: m.valverde@utoronot.ca). will step down as President as of today, but t-il, le travail socio-juridique ne manque pas de will stay involved. A serious modernization of dynamisme. APPEL À NOUS SOUMETTRE DES the website, membership, and bylaws will be Une restructuration a aussi été entreprise au ARTICLES / INVITATION À undertaken. Kristen Kramer isn’t here today, PROPOSER ET COORDONNER UN but she is coordinating the CLSA’s registration niveau du comité de rédaction, après les NUMÉRO THÉMATIQUE as a non-profit society. Debra Parkes has maintes échanges qui ont eu lieu à Saskatoon agreed to look after hosting the website. et par courriel entre les membres de l’exécutif et les administrateurs de l’ACDS. Nous La Revue accepte de considérer pour publication une variété d’articles pourvu qu’ils The 2008 meetings will be in Montreal and voulons que le comité de rédaction soit relèvent du champs vaste de Droit et Société. will be held jointly with the LSA, similar to constitué de personnes appartenant à Les textes reçus sont soumis à l’évaluation what took place in Vancouver in 2001. We are l’Association et qu’il se réunisse deux fois par externe, comme décrite dans la Revue et sur le very pleased that the LSA wants to meet in an, à la conférence de la mi-hiver et lors de site de l ‘ACDS (acds-clsa.org). Elle poursuit Montreal, and has been very generous with l’Assemblée générale. Cela donnera une plus par ailleurs la tradition de publier organization. Many people all around the grande visibilité à la Revue auprès des régulièrement des numéros à thème dont la world will come to this event. Spread the membres de l’Association et accroîtra la coordination est confiée à des spécialistes, news! responsabilité du comité de rédaction et de la Revue vis-à-vis d’eux. Nicholas Kassirer, qui après proposition d’un synopsis au Comité de rédaction qui en décide. La rédaction vous As was mentioned in the Bulletin, Mariana siégeait à l’ancien comité, a accepté d’y rester, invite finalement à nous soumettre des was at a meeting in Onati in March, to begin ce qui favorisera une certaine continuité. propositions pour numéros thématiques the process of beginning a world consortium of L’élection des nouveaux membres aura lieu (contactez s.v.p : m.valverde@utoronto.ca). socio-legal studies. It will not be restricted to très prochainement. national organizations, but will also be open to other socio-legal organizations. Mariana will Pour terminer, l’édition de janvier 2008 de la represent CLSA at a meeting in July 2007 in Revue, déjà prête grâce aux soins de Ruth et de Berlin to discuss. son équipe de l’UQAM, a fière allure et comporte, entre autres articles, une chronique spéciale sur la Commission du droit du Canada 3. Board Renewal (basée sur les exposés présentés à Saskatoon The floor was asked if there were nominations par le panel sur la question, avec la CANADIAN LAW & SOCIETY for vacant Executive positions. Dawn Moore collaboration de Rod MacDonald, Nathalie des moved that the following slate of executive Rosiers et Bruce Ryder, et dont l’introduction a ASSOCIATION members by approved by the membership: été préparée par Yves Le Bouthillier). Nous Debra Parkes, President; Richard Wiseman

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Fall/ Automne 2007 CLSA Bulletin #44 page 7 Vice-President; Kristen Kramer Vice- help the CLSA rejuvenate the website in a increase is necessary given that we have President; Bruce Ryder, Treasurer. Rosemary user-friendly way. managed to have money in the bank. Warskett seconded. Carried. 6. Montreal 2008 Report Bruce noted that the CLSA bank account Rashmee Singh will begin her second year as hovers around $20,000 and that there will be student board rep. Rashmee will meet with the Annie Bunting (Law and Society at York) is new expenses this year, such as incorporation other graduate students to elect a second the Canadian co-chair of the joint LSA/CLSA as a non-profit, web development and hosting, student member to fill the position vacated by program committee. Half of the program etc. What we have done with the money we Emma Cunliffe. committee members are named by CLSA and receive is to support graduate student the other half by the LSA. Any bright ideas for participation. We receive a SSHRC grant every Dawn Moore moved the following new Board Montreal should go to Annie. Rod Macdonald year, but it only allows us to give small grants members: Dwight Newman and Mélanie is going to be the local arrangements to graduate students that do not come close to Méthot. Mélanie teaches at the University of coordinator for the whole conference. It was covering their costs to attend. We also need Alberta and Dwight is at the University of acknowledged that these are huge tasks and some cushion for association expenses. Journal Saskatchewan. Seconded by Lise Gotell. that our thanks to go Rod and Annie, as well as expenses will likely be going up. For all these Carried. to the other CLSA members of the program reasons, it was suggested that the individual committee: Carl Barr, Judy Fudge, Marie- membership fee be increased. Anyone interested is welcome to come to the Andree Jacob, Rebecca Johnson, Ron Levy, 2008 mid-winter Board meeting. Watch for and Pierre Noreau. Rosemary Warskett raised the question of announcements. Mariana and Debra will also institutional membership fees. Could they go organize a CLSA beer night during the LSA It was noted that if you want to give a paper in up, as well? Bruce expressed concern about meetings in Berlin (July 2007). Stay tuned for Montreal, you have to meet the (strict) LSA scaring away the few institutional subscribers details. deadlines. Submitting proposals as a panel is a we have (148). The revenue stream from good idea. institutional members is small. 4. By-laws 7. Journal Report The policy of the Board has been to distribute Debra Parkes spoke to the by-laws which were the SSHRC monies to students presenting. If circulated in draft form. Last year a Joan Brockman delivered the written report you are a member, a full-time student, and you subcommittee was struck; Kristen Kramar and prepared by Journal Editor, Ruth Murbach who are presenting, you are entitled to a share of Laura Watts looked at the by-laws and have sent her regrets. Details of the Journal’s the SSHRC funds. presented a draft proposal for revisions. It has membership, recent issues, etc. are contained also circulated by e-mail to the membership in the report. It was noted that membership 8. Adjournment list. The draft by-laws contemplate goes up when, for example, Professors use the strengthening association and journal journal as part of their course work. For Motion to adjourn. Meeting ended. relationship, as well as some changes to the upcoming issues with guest editors, please organization’s structure. It was noted that these contact Ruth or the next editor if you are are draft proposals, and that more time and interested in proposing such a guest editorship. MID-WINTER MEETINGS input from the membership and board is It was noted that the Board has to think quick required to refine the proposals to ensure that and fast about a new editor for transition The Mid-winter meetings will be held at they provide enough structure and flexibility reasons. Ruth commented on the draft by-laws, Carleton University in Ottawa on January 18 for a volunteer-run organization of our size. and the Board was urged to review them. More and 19, 2008. Dawn Moore has been helping This is a work-in-progress; any and all are input is welcome. to make the arrangements. Please contact her invited to give comments. for details: moore@ccs.carleton.ca 8. Financial Report Rosanna Langer suggested that the bylaws The tentative schedule for the mid-winter enshrine staggered terms for the Executive. Bruce Ryder will present the Financial Report meeting is as follows: Some language there would be helpful, with an for board approval tomorrow. However, Bruce eye on preserving institutional memory. presented a couple of things to the Friday January 18, 2008: membership, including a proposal to raise Debra will coordinate receiving feedback and membership fees for individual members in a Workshops ideas for the revised by-laws. She will circulate fairly significant way from $60 - $90. Student to the membership a further revised version fees and institutional fees would stay the same. 9:30 - 10:30: Getting a SSHRC Grant with annotations. In addition, the student membership category Facilitator: Mariana Valverde would be expanded to include underemployed There will be change in the Journal editorship folk and for retired persons. Rationale: the $60 10:45 - 11:45: Ethics, Socio-legal Research after 2008, when Ruth steps down after many goes wholly to journal production and and Community-Based Research. years of service to the organization. The Board membership fee in the Federation. None of the is looking for future possibilities in terms of money goes to the organization and it is 1:00 - 2:30: Supervisions (undergrad and grad where the Journal might be located. suggested that some money should go to students), Law and Society Teaching and support ongoing CLSA activities. The Programs. 5. Website and New Membership Federation shared its list of fees from other organizations, and Bruce did his own survey, 2:45 – 4:00 Round Table on Research Debra Parkes thanked the University of as well. The average membership fee for Montreal and Pierre Noreau for having hosted comparable organizations is around $90. Some Evening the CLSA website for many years. Someone people have suggested that this will scare away who works on web design has been found to members and have questioned whether the

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Fall/ Automne 2007 CLSA Bulletin #44 page 8 7:30 pm: A soiree to welcome the Canadian multi-disciplinary scholarship that reflects on The Law and Society Association is pleased to Journal of Law and Society to its new home in the many dimensions of law, place, and power. announce the twenty-first Graduate Student the Department of Law at Carleton University We also encourage submissions of already Workshop, Justice, to be held May 27 – 28, and say thanks to the good folks at UQAM formed panels. 2008 immediately preceding the 2008 Joint who housed it for so long. Annual Meetings of the Law and Society The program committee is co-chaired by Marie Association and the Canadian Law and Society The Lieutenant's Pump, 361 Elgin St. Provine from Arizona State University and Association in Montreal, Canada. We invite Annie Bunting from York University and applications from graduate students in any Saturday January 19th, 2008: includes Canadians from 6 different field and advanced law students whose universities (Carl Baar, Mary Condon, Michel scholarly interests include sociolegal studies. Board Meeting 9:00am - 3:00pm Coutu, Judy Fudge, Marie-Andree Jacob, Rebecca Johnson and Ron Levi). Rod The program will consist of panel Macdonald is heading up an energetic team of presentations, seminar sessions, and informal local organizers. The deadline for submissions discussions over shared meals to provide a JOINT ANNUAL MEETING is December 12, 2007. See you in Montreal! forum for networking with faculty who write OF THE in the field, and to promote dialogue among LAW AND SOCIETY Annie Bunting graduate students and faculty participants ASSOCIATION about students’ individual research projects. AND THE RAPPORT DE LA CO-PRÉSIDENTE DU CANADIAN LAW AND COMITÉ ORGANISATEUR About 40 students will be selected to SOCIETY ASSOCIATION participate in the Workshop, with the Law and La prochaine réunion de l’ACDS se tiendra Society Association offering a reimbursement conjointement avec celle de nos collègues de la to help offset travel costs (receipts required) of Montreal, Quebec, Canada LSA du 29 mai au 1er juin 2008 à Montréal. up to $200 for students within North America, May 29 - June 1, 2008 Thème choisi pour cette rencontre : « Les or $400 (amounts in U.S. dollars) for students Territoires du Droit : Placing Law ». Comme outside North America. Call for Participation l’indique ce thème, le droit est ancré dans des territoires – du berceau familial ou du village Applications must be received by: Due Date: December 12, 2007 aux entités constituées dans le cadre d’une February 8, 2008. économie mondiale – et a le pouvoir de situer The 2008 Annual Meetings of Law and les gens et de les déplacer dans l’espace, dans Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae and Society Association (LSA) and the Canadian le temps et au niveau relationnel. Vous a letter of not more than three pages describing Law and Society Association (CLSA/ACDS) trouverez l’invitaiton à participer à ce their dissertation or other research interests, their will be held jointly Thursday, May 29 through rassemblement à www.lawandsociety.org/. current status in graduate school, and how they Sunday, June 1, at the Hilton Bonaventure and Nous vous invitons à soumettre vos might benefit from attending the Workshop. Marriott Chateau Champlain hotels in the propositions de communication. Précisons que historic and vibrant city of Montreal. nous encourageons vivement les recherches Applications must be submitted electronically in multidisciplinaires qui examinent les MS Word or rtf file to: Theme: Les Territoires du Droit: Placing nombreux aspects du droit, du territoire et du GSW2008@lawandsociety.org Law pouvoir, et que nous appuyons les propositions Subject line: APPLY GW. de panels déjà constitués. The theme for this meeting signals that law is The applicant’s curriculum vitae and letter should rooted in places — from families and villages Le Comité organisateur du programme, co- be combinted in a single file named for the to the global economy — and that law has the présidé par Marie Provine, de l’Université applicant as follows: “Lastname_Firstname_GW” power to place and displace people in space, d’état de l’Arizona, et moi-même, Annie time, and relationships. We invite papers and Bunting, de l’Université York, comptent des If you have questions about the submission encourage multi-disciplinary scholarship that Canadiens se rattachant à six universités format please get in touch with Lissa Ganter, reflect on the many dimensions of law, place, différentes (Carl Baar, Mary Condon, Michel ganter@lawandsociety.org tel. 413.545.4617. and power. Coutu, Judy Fudge, Marie-Andree Jacob, Rebecca Johnson et Ron Levi). L’équipe 2. MA in Legal Studies at Carleton REPORT FROM THE 2008 JOINT coordinatrice locale, fort énergique, est dirigée University CLSA/LSA PROGRAM par Rod Macdonald. COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR The Department of Law at Carleton University Pour conclure, un rappel : la date limite pour encourages applications to their MA Legal The next meeting of the CLSA will be help l’envoi des propositions de communications et Studeis program. For more information please de panels est le 12 décembre 2007. see the department website at jointly with our LSA colleagues on May 29- www.carleton.ca/law or contact Ron June 1, 2008 in Montreal. The Call for Au plaisir de vous voir à Montréal! Saunders, Graduate Supervisor at Participation can be found at rsaunder@connect.carleton.ca http://www.lawandsociety.org/. The theme of the conference is Les Territoires du Droit: Annie Bunting Placing Law. The theme for this meeting signals that law is rooted in places — from 3. New MA Program in Socio-Legal Studies ANNOUNCEMENTS at York University. families and villages to the global economy — and that law has the power to place and displace people in space, time, and 1. LSA Graduate Student Workshop York University has proposed a new graduate relationships. We invite papers and encourage program in Socio-Legal Studies that is

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Fall/ Automne 2007 CLSA Bulletin #44 page 9 currently under consideration by OCGS. We Our objective is to provide a forum in which colonial societies, including colonies of non- will admit our first 12 MA students in critical topics, issues and themes related to European powers. September 2008 and PhD students in 2010. madness, citizenship, social justice and human With strong faculty from our undergraduate rights can be explored across a range of Topics might include: programs in Law & Society and Criminology, intersecting positions and perspectives. as well as from Osgoode Hall, • the political, social, cultural, economic Communications & Culture, Linguistics, Along with keynote sessions, lectures, panels, and ecological factors that governed the Sociology, Philosophy, Political Science, cultural events and workshops, we will be creation and use of the commons Psychology, and History, the program is very commemorating the landmark film Titicut • the transplantation of European property interdisciplinary. We also want to attract an Follies, with its celebrated director Frederick concepts and practices to colonial interdisciplinary and diverse group of students. Wiseman in attendance. contexts Please spread the word. • the treatment of common and other Please email proposals for papers, panels or communal land holding tenures by The program’s curriculum is structured around other submissions to Robert Menzies at: colonial powers three flexible areas of study: MadConference08@shaw.ca • the relation of formal and informal • Socio-Legal Theory or menzies@sfu.ca. commons to processes of • Crime, Law and Governance commodification • Comparative and Historical Proposals should include: • the connections between the commons Perspectives in Law 1) a title; and other broad socio-political processes, 2) an abstract of about 150 words; including indigenous dispossession, The program areas reflect the expertise of 3) your name(s) and contact information; colonial class formation, gender relations, faculty in such areas as transnational policing, 4) equipment needs, if any. environmental management and human rights, legal pluralism, financial crime, deterioration, and social and economic social history of law and regulation, We strongly encourage submissions from change immigration and borders, and mental health graduate students. • conceptualising colonial commons in the law. Central to the program is a recognition light of the ethics and politics of that law and society are mutually constitutive, Proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis. dispossession of indigenous people from that is, law is not an external force to which No proposals received after February 15th, their own common land title and practice society is subject, but rather represents a 2008 can be considered. dynamic set of codes, practices, categories and The conference is organized by researchers deliberations that both shape and are shaped by To have your email address added to the affiliated with Network in Canadian History broader social, political, and economic logics, conference listserv, and to receive regular and Environment (NiCHE) and the Faculty of contexts and relations. digest updates, please contact Robert Menzies. Arts, University of Wollongong [Australia]. Publication of the proceedings is anticipated, The application deadline is February 15th, Additional conference information, including and it is expected that participants will submit 2008. Please encourage interested students to registration fees and procedures, their texts for review. apply. The requirements and forms can be accommodation and travel options, and found at: programming details, are available on the 250-word outlines should be sent to Dr Ben http://www.yorku.ca/web/futurestudents/gradu conference website: Maddison, School of History and Politics, ate/programs/Socio_Legal_Studies/ http://www.sfu.ca/madcitizenship-conference/. University of Wollongong, NSW Australia 2522 CONFERENCES / CALLS FOR 5. Call for Papers: The Colonial Commons: OR benm@uow.edu.au by 31 December 2007. land/law/living/labour. PAPERS 6. ACSANZ Conference on Canada in the University of British Columbia Aisa-Pacific. 4. Madness, Citizenship and Social Justice: 29-30 May 2008 A Human Rights Conference July 1st-3rd, 2008 While the study of commons in Britain and Emmanuel College, University of Queensland Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada continental Europe is well advanced, and with Brisbane, Australia. June 12th-15th, 2008 some notable Indian and North American exceptions, few historians have investigated The Association for Canadian Studies in The Institute for the Humanities at Simon shared property rights in colonial regimes. Australia and New Zealand (ACSANZ) is a Fraser University is now inviting paper and multi-disciplinary organization, which panel submissions to this four-day conference ‘The Colonial Commons: living/law/land’ recognizes and encourages interest in Canadian to be held at the SFU Harbour Centre conference seeks to redress this by examining Studies and aims to promote greater Vancouver campus on June 12th-15th, 2008. a range of issues that arise when the terms understanding of Canada. 'commons' and 'colonialism' intersect. By This event will address a range of issues ‘commons’ we mean both formally-dedicated The Association’s 2008 Biennial Conference associated with the regulation and experience ‘Commons’ and the wide variety of informal will have the over-arching theme of “Canada of madness, and the conflicting roles of the commons on waterways, Crown Land, in the Asia-Pacific” and will feature academic 'psy' professions in contemporary society. rangelands, reserves, reservations, bush, wastes scholarship in a range of disciplines, relevant Participants will comprise local, Canadian and and many other colonial spaces. to Canadian Studies in an Asia Pacific context. international academics, users/survivors, activists, advocates, practitioners, journalists, The conference invites papers that present It is expected that the conference will facilitate and community members. original research on the history of formal and dialogue on Canadian perspectives on regional informal common land and resources in issues and profile Canadian strengths in the

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Fall/ Automne 2007 CLSA Bulletin #44 page 10 region. The conference organisers plan to journal also follows an exclusivity practice. invite specific Canadian scholars with Journal articles are indexed in over 15 Indices, Forthcoming Publications: expertise in regional issues to present the including the CSA Sociological Abstracts, conference’s keynote addresses and participate Wilson Web, Index to Legal Periodicals, Constance Backhouse has a book in dialogues with their Australian and regional Current Law Journal Content, and Ulrich’s forthcoming that will be published by Irwin counterparts. Concurrent sessions will also Periodical Directory. The WYAJ is available Law in the winter of 2008, titled Carnal explore a range of more diverse subject areas electronically and marketed in hard cover Crimes: A History of Sexual Assault Law in and facilitate dialogue and collaboration throughout the world. It was recently ranked as Canada, 1900-1975. between Canadianists in the Asia-Pacific one of the leading human rights journals in region. North America. For further information, see UBC Press is also publishing three new books our web site. in the Law and Society Series: Papers are invited which contribute to our knowledge of Canada or Canadian Studies, 8. The American Society for Legal History: First Nations Cultural Heritage and Law: from any discipline in the social sciences and Case Studies, Voices, and Perspectives, edited humanities. Papers with a focus on Canada or Mark your calendars now. On 13-16 by Catherine Bell and Val Napoleon Canadian Studies in an Asia-Pacific context November 2008, the American Society for are especially encouraged. Legal History will hold its Annual Meeting in Lament for a First Nation: The Williams Ottawa, the first time it has ever come to Treaties of Southern Ontario, by Peggy J. Blair Relevant disciplines include: architecture, arts, Canada’s national capital for a scholarly event. business studies, communications, education, For details, visit the ASLH website: Landing Native Fisheries: Indian Reserves and environment, economics, geography, health http://www.hnet.msu.edu/~law/ASLH/aslh.htm Fishing Rights in British Columbia, 1849– policy, history, law, indigenous studies, We would like to see unprecedented numbers 1925, by Douglas C. Harris international relations, linguistics, literature, of Canadians at the conference and delivering media studies, planning, policy, politics, public papers on the panels! NEWS ABOUT MEMBERS administration, religion, science policy, sociology,etc. ENQUIRIES: At the 2007 Annual Meeting in Tempe, PUBLICATIONS (2007) Arizona on 27 October, Constance http://www.acsanz.org.au/conference2008/inde Backhouse was designated “President Elect” x.htm Recently published books, edited collections, of the American Society for Legal History. She and reports by members of the CLSA: will become the first Canadian (indeed the first 2008 Conference Convenor and Vice-President non-US) president of the Society in its long ACSANZ, Dr Stewart Gill, Principal, A new edited collection, Reaction and Resistance: Feminism, Law, and Social history. Emmanuel College, University of Queensland. Email: conference@acsanz.org.au Change, edited by Dorothy Chunn, Susan B. Boyd and Hester Lessard, has recently been Constance Backhouse, Jim Phillips, and W. published with UBC Press. Wesley Pue jointly ran a “Symposium on the 7. Call for Papers: The Editors of the Windsor History of the Canadian Legal Profession” at Yearbook of Access to Justice, a Canadian old Osgoode Hall on 12 October 2007. The journal that publishes biannually, welcome Dawn Moore is pleased to announce that her book, Criminal Artefacts: Governing Drugs Symposium was held in honour of the 175th unsolicited articles and book reviews from year of operation of the Law Society of Upper British socio-legal scholars which examine and and Users, is now released with UBC Press. Canada at the stately Osgoode Hall premises. evaluate theories of justice, problems A volume of essays based upon the papers discouraging access to human rights, access to An edited collection by Kelly Hannah-Moffat and Pat O’Malley, titled Gendered Risks, was presented at the Symposium will be co-edited legal institutions, the relation of access to and published by Backhouse and Pue. justice and the legitimacy of a modern legal published in 2007 with Routledge Cavendish order, and the content of written and unwritten Publishing. social and legal rules in their historical, cultural or social context. The editors Kimberley White has a new book, especially encourage submissions which cross Negotiating Responsibility: Law, Murder and the boundaries of disciplines that are States of Mind, published with UBC Press. concerned with justice. The editors welcome articles throughout the year and follow a Luke McNamara has a new book with double blind editorial process as set out in our Routledge Cavendish Publishing titled Human web site at www.uwindsor.ca/wyaj. The Rights Controvercies.

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