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Bio
Benjamin Alarie, M.A. (Toronto), J.D. (Toronto), LL.M. (Yale), is a professor and Associate Dean, First Year Program at the Faculty of Law of the University of Toronto. He researches and teaches principally in taxation law and judicial decision-making. Before joining the Faculty in 2004, Professor Alarie was a law clerk for Madam Justice Louise Arbour at the Supreme Court of Canada.

Professor Alarie convenes the James Hausman Tax Law and Policy Workshop at the law school and recently completed a three year term as President of the Canadian Law and Economics Association. His publications have appeared in numerous academic journals, including the American Business Law Journal, the British Tax Review, the Canadian Business Law Journal, the Canadian Tax Journal, the Osgoode Hall Law Journal and the University of Toronto Law Journal. His research has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Canadian Foundation for Innovation and the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation. He is coauthor of several editions of Canadian Income Tax Law (LexisNexis) and was awarded the Alan Mewett QC Prize for Excellence by the JD class of 2009.