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Green Development, Colonial Roots: Rethinking Climate Justice Through Indigenous Legal Orders

Anmol Kaur — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:28:29 +0000

While mainstream climate discourse often fails to center Indigenous perspectives on land and resource governance, critical Indigenous theory demonstrates that any truly 'just' transition must begin with Indigenous voices, sovereignty, and place-based knowledge at its core.

Thinking and Acting Like a Business Expert / Business Lawyer: The promises of merging legal and business education

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:18:35 +0000

As geopolitical tensions redraw the rules of global commerce, the traditional lawyer is becoming an endangered species, forcing a radical rethink of how we prepare the next generation of legal minds.

Sanctions and Force Majeure in Russian Courts: Post-2022 Judicial Trends in Cross-Border Trade Disputes

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 15:36:30 +0000

When Western sanctions collided with Russian courts, judges faced a stark dilemma: should geopolitics rewrite centuries‑old doctrines of force majeure?

Achieving Free, Prior, and Informed Consent in Canada: Reflections from the 2025 Transformative Business Law Summer Academy

Catherine Zhang — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 17:14:12 +0000

Introduction

From the UNGP to the Pending Treaty of Business and Human Rights: A Focus on Women’s Rights

Liu Yuting and Hu Junpeng, Peking University Transnational Law School — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 20:45:56 +0000

I. Introduction

ɬ�﷬’s 2025 Transformative Business Law Summer Academy Zeroes in on Transnational Corporate Liability for Human and Environmental Harms Committed Abroad

Elizabeth Seliverstov — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 20:42:41 +0000

Global Value Chains’ Human and Environmental Costs through the Looking Glass: ‘Fast Fashion’ as Case in Point

By Invitation: Trump and the Troubled Future of Canada

Daniel Drache, Prof. emeritus, York University, Toronto, Canada — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 19:49:31 +0000

Note: An earlier version was presented to Royal Roads University, May 27, 2025 Victoria BC. He has written extensively on the resurgence of populism across the globe, see Has Populism Won? The War On Liberal Democracy with Marc Froese (2022) For more writing by Daniel Drache on the rise of populist authoritarianism and its threat to liberal democracy see his webpage https://danieldrache.com

Do Canadian pension funds have a duty to tackle climate change?

Noura Habbab, Raphael Jean-Pierre and Tristan Surman — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 20:06:28 +0000

Introduction

Canadian Modern Slavery Legislation in Global Context – PART II: A Critical Analysis of Canada’s Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act

Tue, 07 Jan 2025 17:11:55 +0000

Introduction to Part II

Canadian Modern Slavery Legislation in Global Context – PART I: Global Anti-Slavery Laws

Tue, 07 Jan 2025 17:10:25 +0000

Introduction to Part I Introducing the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act