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MUCH ADO about MAGNA CARTA
It’s been hailed as the cornerstone of our justice system. From property rights to women’s rights, the rule of law, equality before the law and defined roles for judges: all roads, it seems, lead us back to Magna Carta Libertatum. But is this entirely true? In celebration of the 800th Anniversary of this great charter of liberty, IDEAS in partnership with the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto presents sparkling legal minds and scholars, along with our very own Magna Carta Chorus, to reveal the meaning – and relevance – of the charter today.
May 4, 2015, Part One:
David Cole, legal scholar, author and commentator; Nathalie Des Rosiers, Dean, Faculty of Law (Common Law Section) at the University of Ottawa; Bob Rae, lawyer, mediator and political leader; and moderator Stephen Toope, Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs probe property rights and the rule of law to see how they play out today, legally and politically.
May 5, 2015, Part Two:
David Cole, legal scholar, author and commentator; Nathalie Des Rosiers, Dean, Faculty of Law (Common Law Section) at the University of Ottawa; the Honourable Stephen T. Goudge, Q.C., former judge of the Ontario Court of Appeal; and moderator Stephen Toope, Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs consider the lingering influences (or not) of the Magna Carta on criminal law and the role of judges.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
EVENT HOST:
Paul Kennedy has been the host of IDEAS since 1999, when he succeeded the legendary Lister Sinclair. But Paul’s association with the program goes back more than thirty years, to 1977. He has won national and international recognition for his work, including an ACTRA award for best Canadian radio documentary for a program called, War on the Home Front, co-authored with Timothy Findley; the B’nai Brith Media Human Rights Award for a series called, Nuremberg on Trial; an Armstrong Award presented by Columbia University. In 2005, he was awarded the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Special Citation for Excellence in Ocean Science Journalism for his eight-part series, “Learning from the Oceans”.
MODERATOR
Professor Stephen J. Toope is Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs. Before joining the Munk School in January 2015, Professor Toope was President of the University of British Columbia from 2006 to 2014. He represented Western Europe and North America on the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances from 2002-2007. He continues to conduct research on many aspects of international law and is currently working on issues of continuity and change in international law, and the origins of international obligation in international society. Before joining UBC, Toope was President of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, and Dean of Law at McGill. A Canadian citizen, Professor Toope earned his PhD from Trinity College, Cambridge, his degrees in common law (LLB) and civil law (BCL) with honours from McGill University, and graduated magna cum laude with his AB in History and Literature from Harvard University.
PANELISTS: Evening One
David Cole is the Hon. George J. Mitchell Professor in Law and Public Policy at Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches constitutional law, national security, and criminal justice. He is also the legal affairs correspondent for The Nation, and a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books, and the author of several award-winning books, including Enemy Aliens: Double Standards and Constitutional Freedoms in the War on Terrorism, which received the American Book Award in 2004. He has litigated many significant constitutional cases in the Supreme Court, including cases establishing that Americans have a constitutional right to burn the American flag. The late New York Times columnist Anthony Lewis called David “one of the country’s great legal voices for civil liberties today.”
Nathalie Des Rosiers is Dean, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section at the University of Ottawa. She has served as the General Counsel for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association from 2009 to 2013. Prior to her appointment to the CCLA, Professor Des Rosiers was Dean of the Civil Law Section, University of Ottawa (2004-2008), President of the Law Commission of Canada (2000-2004). She has been in private practice in Montreal and London, Ont. She has received the Order of Canada in 2013, the Order of Ontario in 2012, an Honorary Doctorate from the UCL (Université catholique de Louvain) in Belgium in 2012, an Honorary Doctorate from the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Medal from the Law Society of Upper Canada, the NUPGE Award, the APEX Partnership Award and was named one of Canada’s 25 most influential lawyers in both 2011 and 2012.
Bob Rae was elected eleven times to the House of Commons and the Ontario legislature between 1978 and 2013. He was Ontario’s 21st Premier from 1990 to 1995, and served as interim leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 2011 to 2013. He is working now as a lawyer, negotiator, mediator, and arbitrator, with a particular focus on first nations, aboriginal, and governance issues. He also teaches at the University of Toronto School of Governance and Public Policy, and is a widely respected writer and commentator. An author of four books and many studies and reports, Bob Rae is a Privy Councillor, an Officer of the Order of Canada, a member of the Order of Ontario, and has numerous awards and honorary degrees from institutions in Canada and around the world.
PANELISTS: Evening Two
David Cole is the Hon. George J. Mitchell Professor in Law and Public Policy at Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches constitutional law, national security, and criminal justice. He is also the legal affairs correspondent for The Nation, and a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books, and the author of several award-winning books, including Enemy Aliens: Double Standards and Constitutional Freedoms in the War on Terrorism, which received the American Book Award in 2004. He has litigated many significant constitutional cases in the Supreme Court, including cases establishing that Americans have a constitutional right to burn the American flag. The late New York Times columnist Anthony Lewis called David “one of the country’s great legal voices for civil liberties today.”
Nathalie Des Rosiers is Dean, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section at the University of Ottawa. She has served as the General Counsel for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association from 2009 to 2013. Prior to her appointment to the CCLA, Professor Des Rosiers was Dean of the Civil Law Section, University of Ottawa (2004-2008), President of the Law Commission of Canada (2000-2004). She has been in private practice in Montreal and London, Ont. She has received the Order of Canada in 2013, the Order of Ontario in 2012, an Honorary Doctorate from the UCL (Université catholique de Louvain) in Belgium in 2012, an Honorary Doctorate from the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Medal from the Law Society of Upper Canada, the NUPGE Award, the APEX Partnership Award and was named one of Canada’s 25 most influential lawyers in both 2011 and 2012.
The Honourable Stephen T. Goudge: Hons. B.A., University of Toronto, 1964. M.Sc. (Econ.), London School of Economics, 1965. LL.B. (Awarded Dean’s Key), University of Toronto, 1968. Articled to the Hon. Ian G. Scott, Q.C. Called to the Bar of Ontario in 1970. Appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1982. Practiced with Cameron Brewin and Scott until it merged with Gowling and Henderson in 1983. Appeared before many administrative tribunals and Courts at all levels in Ontario and the Supreme Court of Canada. Lecturer, University of Toronto Faculty of Law in Labour Law. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Appointed to the Court of Appeal for Ontario in 1996. Appointed on April 25, 2007 by Ontario to conduct the Inquiry into Pediatric Forensic Pathology, which reported on October 1, 2008. Resigned from the judiciary April 30, 2014. Counsel to Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP as of May 1, 2014.
The Magna Carta Chorus
Barry MacGregor has been acting since 1949. He has appeared on stages in Britain, Europe, the United States and Canada. He was a long-time member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Stratford Festival and the Shaw Festival. He’s also performed in many radio and television programs, including IDEAS on CBC RADIO ONE.”
Sharry Flett has acted in theatres across Canada and played leading roles at the Stratford Festival (4 seasons) and the Shaw Festival (26 seasons). She was twice nominated for Gemini Awards as Best Actress (CBC TV Drama). She’s also taught acting at the Shaw Festival, George Brown Theatre School, University of Toronto, Queen’s University, and the National Theatre School in Montreal.