Notice Board

Dr. Peter McCormick will be retiring after an illustrious 40 year career at the University of Lethbridge.

We have invited a number of prestigious scholars to discuss the courts, judges and constitutions of Canada, the focus of much of Professor McCormick's research over the years.

FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015 from 8:45 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.

AH-100 (Andy's Place), Anderson Hall, University of Lethbridge

Schedule:

8:45 a.m.  Coffee served

9:00 a.m.  Welcome from Craig Cooper, Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Scieince

9:15 a.m.  "The McCormick Court: The Unexamined Court is not Worth Teaching" -- IAN GREENE, York University

                 "Some Reflections on the Empirical Studies of Peter McCormick and the Measuring of Judicial Performance" 

                 -- ALVIN ESAU, University of Manitoba

11:00 a.m.  "Measuring Judicial Activism and Restraint:  The Supreme Court and the Exclusion of Evidence"

                 --  TROY RIDDELL, University of Guelph

1:00 p.m.  "The Supreme Court's Leadership on Aboriginal Rights:  More Progressive than the Politicians but still within the

                 Colonial Paradigm"  --  PETER RUSSELL, University of Toronto

2:00 p.m.  "Unanimity vs. Unilateralism:  A Persistent Theme in Canada's Politics of Constitutional Amendment"

                --  RAINER KNOPFF, University of Calgary

3:15 p.m.  Closing Remarks -- PETER McCORMICK, University of Lethbridge

To contribute to Dr. McCormick's Best Wishes Book, contact zanonim@uleth.ca or christie@uleth.ca